diff --git a/sql/create_database.sql b/sql/create_database.sql
index f6ef3dd..d25b250 100644
--- a/sql/create_database.sql
+++ b/sql/create_database.sql
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `user_profile_picture`;
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `user_profile_picture` (
   `user_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
-  `picture` blob DEFAULT NULL,
+  `picture` mediumblob DEFAULT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`user_id`),
   CONSTRAINT `fk_user_profile_picture_user_id` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`user_id`) ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci;