diff --git a/CRE.sql b/CRE.sql
index bd4888a..2f9703c 100644
--- a/CRE.sql
+++ b/CRE.sql
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ SET time_zone = "+00:00";
 CREATE TABLE `candidates` (
   `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
-  `votes` int(11) NOT NULL,
-  `n_votes` int(11) NOT NULL
+  `votes` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `n_votes` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 
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