diff --git a/sync-server/src/app_state/database/migrations/20241207143519_bootstrap.sql b/sync-server/src/app_state/database/migrations/20241207143519_bootstrap.sql
index 504f89ba..e5a86edc 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/app_state/database/migrations/20241207143519_bootstrap.sql
+++ b/sync-server/src/app_state/database/migrations/20241207143519_bootstrap.sql
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 CREATE TABLE events (
     event_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT CHECK(event_id <= 9007199254740991), -- JavaScript’s Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
     request_id TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
-    request_fingerprint BLOB NOT NULL,
-    event_json TEXT NOT NULL
+    request_fingerprint BLOB NOT NULL
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE documents (
diff --git a/sync-server/src/app_state/database/mutations.rs b/sync-server/src/app_state/database/mutations.rs
index 5d7b52b4..b0af9e4a 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/app_state/database/mutations.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/app_state/database/mutations.rs
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ impl Database {
         request_id: uuid::Uuid,
         fingerprint: &[u8],
     ) -> Result<VaultUpdateId> {
-        Ok(sqlx::query(
-            "INSERT INTO events(request_id, request_fingerprint, event_json) VALUES (?, ?, '')",
+        Ok(
+            sqlx::query("INSERT INTO events(request_id, request_fingerprint) VALUES (?, ?)")
+                .bind(request_id.to_string())
+                .bind(fingerprint)
+                .execute(&mut **tx)
+                .await?
+                .last_insert_rowid(),
         )
-        .bind(request_id.to_string())
-        .bind(fingerprint)
-        .execute(&mut **tx)
-        .await?
-        .last_insert_rowid())
     }
 
     pub async fn insert_document_version(