diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Message.pm b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Message.pm
index 6212809b..c0c1250f 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Message.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Message.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use Lacuna::Util qw(format_date);
 __PACKAGE__->table('message');
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
     in_reply_to     => { data_type => 'int', size => 11, is_nullable => 1 },
-    subject         => { data_type => 'varchar', size => 30, is_nullable => 0 },
+    subject         => { data_type => 'varchar', size => 64, is_nullable => 0 },
     body            => { data_type => 'mediumtext', is_nullable => 1 },
     date_sent       => { data_type => 'datetime', is_nullable => 0, set_on_create => 1 },
     from_id         => { data_type => 'int', size => 11, is_nullable => 0 },
diff --git a/var/upgrades/sitter.sql b/var/upgrades/sitter.sql
index 4cd40f1a..d92ca3bf 100644
--- a/var/upgrades/sitter.sql
+++ b/var/upgrades/sitter.sql
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ CREATE TABLE sitter_auths (
   PRIMARY KEY (baby_id, sitter_id),
   CONSTRAINT sitter_auths_fk_baby_id FOREIGN KEY (baby_id) REFERENCES empire (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
   CONSTRAINT sitter_auths_fk_sitter_id FOREIGN KEY (sitter_id) REFERENCES empire (id) ON DELETE CASCADE
-) ENGINE=InnoDB--
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;--
+
+alter table message modify subject varchar(64);