diff --git a/nodequeue.install b/nodequeue.install
index 45a9139..baf7f96 100644
--- a/nodequeue.install
+++ b/nodequeue.install
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ function nodequeue_schema() {
         'description' => '',
         'type' => 'int',
         'size' => 'tiny',
+        'default' => 0,
       ),
       'i18n' => array(
         'description' => '',
diff --git a/nodequeue.module b/nodequeue.module
index 5aea70b..caba600 100644
--- a/nodequeue.module
+++ b/nodequeue.module
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ class nodequeue_queue {
   var $i18n = 0;
 
   var $subqueue_title = '';
-  var $reverse = FALSE;
+  var $reverse = 0;
 
   // runtime
   var $subqueues = array();