diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index a4b3476..3e4d178 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ CREATE TABLE urls (
 	url		TEXT NOT NULL,
 	nurl		TEXT NOT NULL, -- normalized url
 	short		TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-	created_at	TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT
+	created_at	TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
 );