diff --git a/packages/backend/migration/1747936443097-fix-meta-defaultLike-default.js b/packages/backend/migration/1747936443097-fix-meta-defaultLike-default.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a87d1ff74..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend/migration/1747936443097-fix-meta-defaultLike-default.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: hazelnoot and other Sharkey contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-export class FixMetaDefaultLikeDefault1747936443097 {
-	name = 'FixMetaDefaultLikeDefault1747936443097'
-
-	async up(queryRunner) {
-		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "meta" ALTER COLUMN "defaultLike" DROP DEFAULT`);
-	}
-
-	async down(queryRunner) {
-		await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "meta" ALTER COLUMN "defaultLike" SET DEFAULT '❤️'`);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/packages/backend/migration/1747944466178-alter-meta-defaultLike-not-null.js b/packages/backend/migration/1747944466178-alter-meta-defaultLike-not-null.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b206a15ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/migration/1747944466178-alter-meta-defaultLike-not-null.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: hazelnoot and other Sharkey contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+export class AlterMetaDefaultLikeNotNull1747944466178 {
+    name = 'AlterMetaDefaultLikeNotNull1747944466178'
+
+    async up(queryRunner) {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "meta" ALTER COLUMN "defaultLike" SET NOT NULL`);
+    }
+
+    async down(queryRunner) {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "meta" ALTER COLUMN "defaultLike" DROP NOT NULL`);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/Meta.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/Meta.ts
index 896817ddf8..b590015732 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/Meta.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/Meta.ts
@@ -695,9 +695,9 @@ export class MiMeta {
 
 	@Column('varchar', {
 		length: 500,
-		nullable: true,
+		default: '❤️',
 	})
-	public defaultLike: string | null;
+	public defaultLike: string;
 
 	@Column('varchar', {
 		length: 256, array: true, default: '{}',