diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36b051f..e757ce7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /var/job-archive
 /var/*.db
 /var/machine-state
+/var-backup
 
 /.env
 /config.json
diff --git a/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/03_add-userprojects.up.sql b/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/03_add-userprojects.up.sql
index 759e158..003cafd 100644
--- a/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/03_add-userprojects.up.sql
+++ b/internal/repository/migrations/sqlite3/03_add-userprojects.up.sql
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ALTER TABLE user ADD COLUMN projects varchar(255) NOT NULL;
\ No newline at end of file
+ALTER TABLE user ADD COLUMN projects varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT "[]";
\ No newline at end of file