diff --git a/server/app/controller/admin/photo.js b/server/app/controller/admin/photo.js
index a0f343a..42d9a82 100644
--- a/server/app/controller/admin/photo.js
+++ b/server/app/controller/admin/photo.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = app => {
       ctx.validate({
         member_id: { type: 'integer', required: true },
         gallery_id: { type: 'integer', required: true },
-        desc: { type: 'string', required: true },
+        desc: { type: 'string', required: true, allowEmpty: true },
         src: { type: 'string', required: true },
       }, data);
 
diff --git a/server/app/model/photo.js b/server/app/model/photo.js
index 10a7b0c..e7152c6 100644
--- a/server/app/model/photo.js
+++ b/server/app/model/photo.js
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ module.exports = app => {
   const { INTEGER, VIRTUAL, STRING, TEXT } = app.Sequelize;
 
   const Photo = app.model.define('photo', {
-    desc: TEXT,
+    desc: {
+      type: TEXT,
+      allowNull: false,
+    },
 
     src: {
       type: STRING(2048),
diff --git a/server/test/admin-photo.test.js b/server/test/admin-photo.test.js
index b222483..61d3ab5 100644
--- a/server/test/admin-photo.test.js
+++ b/server/test/admin-photo.test.js
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ describe('controller/admin/photo', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('should successfully create a photo with empty string desc', async () => {
+    const member = await createMember(token, app, { qq_num: 22222 })
+    const gallery = await commonCreateGallery(token, app, {})
+    await createPhoto(token, app, {
+      gallery_id: gallery.id,
+      member_id: member.id,
+      desc: '',
+    })
+  })
+
   it('should successfully get a photo infomation', async () => {
     let globalQqNum = 8000
     async function createRandomPhoto() {