diff --git a/src/main/resources/schema.sql b/src/main/resources/schema.sql
index ff2e51f3cfcf09e293eb0081cae7ae5615f2efd0..79f42728981a7e2b2d66f954e336544e97af6f87 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/schema.sql
+++ b/src/main/resources/schema.sql
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ create table if not exists locations
     locationID bigint auto_increment primary key,
     locationName varchar(128),
     locationEmail varchar(128),
-    locationDescription varchar(max),
+    locationDescription longtext, #to store large text data
     locationPlace varchar(255),
     locationTrailID varchar(128)
 )   engine=InnoDB;