diff --git a/00-init.sql b/00-init.sql
index 22528be521de1252cae21ccf81697afc0d5334a7..9ef88a22e41131e5676817d36b799ebed7386c70 100644
--- a/00-init.sql
+++ b/00-init.sql
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ CREATE TYPE StorageType AS ENUM ('cold', 'hot', 'local', 'portal');
 CREATE TABLE storage (
     storage_id        SMALLSERIAL   NOT NULL,
     storage_type      StorageType   NOT NULL,
-    base_path         VARCHAR       NOT NULL,
+    base_path         VARCHAR       default NULL,
+    base_url          VARCHAR       default NULL,
     hostname          VARCHAR       NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (storage_id)
 );