diff --git a/internal/gtsmodel/account.go b/internal/gtsmodel/account.go
index a6ca90ed8..ef4b66ecf 100644
--- a/internal/gtsmodel/account.go
+++ b/internal/gtsmodel/account.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 // Account represents either a local or a remote fediverse account, gotosocial or otherwise (mastodon, pleroma, etc).
 type Account struct {
-	ID                      string           `validate:"required,ulid" bun:"type:CHAR(26),pk,notnull,unique"`                                                        // id of this item in the database
+	ID                      string           `validate:"required,ulid" bun:"type:CHAR(26),pk,nullzero,notnull,unique"`                                               // id of this item in the database
 	CreatedAt               time.Time        `validate:"-" bun:"type:timestamp,nullzero,notnull,default:current_timestamp"`                                          // when was item created
 	UpdatedAt               time.Time        `validate:"-" bun:"type:timestamp,nullzero,notnull,default:current_timestamp"`                                          // when was item last updated
 	Username                string           `validate:"required" bun:",nullzero,notnull,unique:userdomain"`                                                         // Username of the account, should just be a string of [a-zA-Z0-9_]. Can be added to domain to create the full username in the form ``[username]@[domain]`` eg., ``user_96@example.org``. Username and domain should be unique *with* each other