diff --git a/db/074to080.sql b/db/074to080.sql
index e667798eb2..ff08191596 100644
--- a/db/074to080.sql
+++ b/db/074to080.sql
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ alter table user_group
 
 create table file (
     id integer primary key auto_increment,
-    url varchar(2047) comment 'destination URL after following redirections',
+    url varchar(255) comment 'destination URL after following redirections',
     mimetype varchar(50) comment 'mime type of resource',
     size integer comment 'size of resource when available',
     title varchar(255) comment 'title of resource when available',
diff --git a/db/074to080_pg.sql b/db/074to080_pg.sql
index e1cb92c7fc..0a7171ae56 100644
--- a/db/074to080_pg.sql
+++ b/db/074to080_pg.sql
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ alter table user_group
 create sequence file_seq;
 create table file (
     id bigint default nextval('file_seq') primary key /* comment 'unique identifier' */,
-    url varchar(2047) unique,
+    url varchar(255) unique, 
     mimetype varchar(50), 
     size integer, 
     title varchar(255), 
diff --git a/db/laconica.sql b/db/laconica.sql
index c1b76d1fa7..2c04f680a8 100644
--- a/db/laconica.sql
+++ b/db/laconica.sql
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ create table group_inbox (
 create table file (
 
     id integer primary key auto_increment,
-    url varchar(2047) comment 'destination URL after following redirections',
+    url varchar(255) comment 'destination URL after following redirections',
     mimetype varchar(50) comment 'mime type of resource',
     size integer comment 'size of resource when available',
     title varchar(255) comment 'title of resource when available',
diff --git a/db/laconica_pg.sql b/db/laconica_pg.sql
index 4fe2233805..ad34720a23 100644
--- a/db/laconica_pg.sql
+++ b/db/laconica_pg.sql
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ create index group_inbox_created_idx on group_inbox using btree(created);
 create sequence file_seq;
 create table file (
     id bigint default nextval('file_seq') primary key /* comment 'unique identifier' */,
-    url varchar(2047) unique, 
+    url varchar(255) unique, 
     mimetype varchar(50), 
     size integer, 
     title varchar(255),