diff --git a/db/db.update.155.php b/db/db.update.155.php
index 8409078..4f94908 100644
--- a/db/db.update.155.php
+++ b/db/db.update.155.php
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 <?
 
 function db_update_155_post() {
+	//we need to query the stuff from the table
 	$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM emails");
+	//make the changes to the database
+	mysql_query("ALTER TABLE `emails` CHANGE `body` `body` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL");
+	mysql_query("ALTER TABLE `emails` CHANGE `bodyhtml` `bodyhtml` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL");
+	mysql_query("ALTER TABLE `emails` CHANGE `subject` `subject` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL");
+	//then update the data
 	while($r=mysql_fetch_object($q)) {
 		mysql_query("UPDATE emails SET
 		body='".mysql_real_escape_string(iconv("ISO-8859-1","UTF-8",$r->body))."' ,
diff --git a/db/db.update.155.sql b/db/db.update.155.sql
index 6c8e8ab..f7977ab 100644
--- a/db/db.update.155.sql
+++ b/db/db.update.155.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-ALTER TABLE `emails` CHANGE `body` `body` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL;
-ALTER TABLE `emails` CHANGE `bodyhtml` `bodyhtml` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL;
-ALTER TABLE `emails` CHANGE `subject` `subject` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL;
 ALTER TABLE `emailqueue` CHANGE `body` `body` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL;
 ALTER TABLE `emailqueue` CHANGE `bodyhtml` `bodyhtml` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL;
 ALTER TABLE `emailqueue` CHANGE `subject` `subject` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL;