diff --git a/eos/db/migration.py b/eos/db/migration.py
index 0b8e5fd2b..9dafb52ac 100755
--- a/eos/db/migration.py
+++ b/eos/db/migration.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import sqlalchemy
 
 def update(saveddata_engine):
     checkPriceFailures(saveddata_engine)
+    checkApiDefaultChar(saveddata_engine)
+
 
 def checkPriceFailures(saveddata_engine):
     # Check if we have 'failed' column
@@ -18,3 +20,22 @@ def checkPriceFailures(saveddata_engine):
         except sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError:
             pass
 
+
+def checkApiDefaultChar(saveddata_engine):
+    try:
+        saveddata_engine.execute("SELECT * FROM characters LIMIT 1")
+    # If table doesn't exist, it means we're doing everything from scratch
+    # and sqlalchemy will process everything as needed
+    except sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError:
+        pass
+    # If not, we're running on top of existing DB
+    else:
+        # Check that we have columns
+        try:
+            saveddata_engine.execute("SELECT defaultChar, chars FROM characters LIMIT 1")
+        # If we don't, create them
+        # This is ugly as hell, but we can't use proper migrate packages as it
+        # will require us to rebuild skeletons, including mac
+        except sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError:
+            saveddata_engine.execute("ALTER TABLE characters ADD COLUMN defaultChar INTEGER;")
+            saveddata_engine.execute("ALTER TABLE characters ADD COLUMN chars VARCHAR;")