diff --git a/db/migrations/0003_tan_darwin.sql b/db/migrations/0003_tan_darwin.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23d7fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/0003_tan_darwin.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE "users" ALTER COLUMN "bio" SET DEFAULT '';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/migrations/meta/0003_snapshot.json b/db/migrations/meta/0003_snapshot.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c2ed1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/meta/0003_snapshot.json
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+{
+  "version": "5",
+  "dialect": "pg",
+  "id": "a00f4b17-7f1e-4d73-86c5-48cc1aaa92ec",
+  "prevId": "d3648b42-2fea-42c2-a1d8-e55af14ec90a",
+  "tables": {
+    "user_follows": {
+      "name": "user_follows",
+      "schema": "",
+      "columns": {
+        "user_id": {
+          "name": "user_id",
+          "type": "integer",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": false
+        },
+        "follower_id": {
+          "name": "follower_id",
+          "type": "integer",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": false
+        },
+        "created_at": {
+          "name": "created_at",
+          "type": "date",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": false,
+          "default": "CURRENT_DATE"
+        },
+        "updated_at": {
+          "name": "updated_at",
+          "type": "date",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": false,
+          "default": "CURRENT_DATE"
+        }
+      },
+      "indexes": {},
+      "foreignKeys": {
+        "user_follows_user_id_users_id_fk": {
+          "name": "user_follows_user_id_users_id_fk",
+          "tableFrom": "user_follows",
+          "tableTo": "users",
+          "columnsFrom": ["user_id"],
+          "columnsTo": ["id"],
+          "onDelete": "no action",
+          "onUpdate": "no action"
+        },
+        "user_follows_follower_id_users_id_fk": {
+          "name": "user_follows_follower_id_users_id_fk",
+          "tableFrom": "user_follows",
+          "tableTo": "users",
+          "columnsFrom": ["follower_id"],
+          "columnsTo": ["id"],
+          "onDelete": "no action",
+          "onUpdate": "no action"
+        }
+      },
+      "compositePrimaryKeys": {
+        "user_follows_user_id_follower_id": {
+          "name": "user_follows_user_id_follower_id",
+          "columns": ["user_id", "follower_id"]
+        }
+      },
+      "uniqueConstraints": {}
+    },
+    "users": {
+      "name": "users",
+      "schema": "",
+      "columns": {
+        "id": {
+          "name": "id",
+          "type": "serial",
+          "primaryKey": true,
+          "notNull": true
+        },
+        "email": {
+          "name": "email",
+          "type": "text",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": true
+        },
+        "bio": {
+          "name": "bio",
+          "type": "text",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": false,
+          "default": "''"
+        },
+        "image": {
+          "name": "image",
+          "type": "text",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": false,
+          "default": "'https://api.realworld.io/images/smiley-cyrus.jpg'"
+        },
+        "password": {
+          "name": "password",
+          "type": "text",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": true
+        },
+        "username": {
+          "name": "username",
+          "type": "text",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": true
+        },
+        "created_at": {
+          "name": "created_at",
+          "type": "date",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": false,
+          "default": "CURRENT_DATE"
+        },
+        "updated_at": {
+          "name": "updated_at",
+          "type": "date",
+          "primaryKey": false,
+          "notNull": false,
+          "default": "CURRENT_DATE"
+        }
+      },
+      "indexes": {},
+      "foreignKeys": {},
+      "compositePrimaryKeys": {},
+      "uniqueConstraints": {
+        "users_email_unique": {
+          "name": "users_email_unique",
+          "nullsNotDistinct": false,
+          "columns": ["email"]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "enums": {},
+  "schemas": {},
+  "_meta": {
+    "schemas": {},
+    "tables": {},
+    "columns": {}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/db/migrations/meta/_journal.json b/db/migrations/meta/_journal.json
index d56ed13..215fcf2 100644
--- a/db/migrations/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/db/migrations/meta/_journal.json
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
       "when": 1696453057809,
       "tag": "0002_aberrant_the_hunter",
       "breakpoints": false
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 3,
+      "version": "5",
+      "when": 1697458638871,
+      "tag": "0003_tan_darwin",
+      "breakpoints": false
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/users/users.model.ts b/src/users/users.model.ts
index 8133c44..58109ed 100644
--- a/src/users/users.model.ts
+++ b/src/users/users.model.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 export const users = pgTable('users', {
   id: serial('id').primaryKey(),
   email: text('email').unique().notNull(),
-  bio: text('bio'),
+  bio: text('bio').default(''),
   image: text('image').default(
     'https://api.realworld.io/images/smiley-cyrus.jpg',
   ),
diff --git a/src/users/users.schema.ts b/src/users/users.schema.ts
index c6de03e..685f782 100644
--- a/src/users/users.schema.ts
+++ b/src/users/users.schema.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ import { users } from './users.model';
 // Schema for inserting a user - can be used to validate API requests
 export const insertUserSchemaRaw = createInsertSchema(users);
 export const InsertUserSchema = Type.Object({
-  user: Type.Omit(insertUserSchemaRaw, ['id', 'created_at', 'updated_at']),
+  user: Type.Omit(insertUserSchemaRaw, [
+    'id',
+    'created_at',
+    'updated_at',
+    'bio',
+    'image',
+  ]),
 });
 
 export const UpdateUserSchema = Type.Object({