diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/migrations/0013_auto_20191015_1922.py b/evennia/typeclasses/migrations/0013_auto_20191015_1922.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83578e1694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/migrations/0013_auto_20191015_1922.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.6 on 2019-10-15 19:22
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('typeclasses', '0012_attrs_to_picklev4_may_be_slow'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='tag',
+            name='db_tagtype',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, db_index=True, help_text='overall type of Tag', max_length=16, null=True, verbose_name='tagtype'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/tags.py b/evennia/typeclasses/tags.py
index 1f9dd7ec86..313a2a7a97 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/tags.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/tags.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Tag(models.Model):
     )
     # this is None, alias or permission
     db_tagtype = models.CharField(
-        "tagtype", max_length=16, null=True, help_text="overall type of Tag", db_index=True
+        "tagtype", max_length=16, null=True, blank=True, help_text="overall type of Tag", db_index=True
     )
 
     class Meta(object):