diff --git a/libfic/db.go b/libfic/db.go
index 9f707fba..dcab471c 100644
--- a/libfic/db.go
+++ b/libfic/db.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS teams(
   name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
   color INTEGER NOT NULL,
   active BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
-  external_id VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+  external_id TEXT NOT NULL,
   password VARCHAR(255) NULL
 ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4 COLLATE = utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 `); err != nil {