diff --git a/remote/cache-service/src/db.rs b/remote/cache-service/src/db.rs
index 0831cf8..b9b3579 100644
--- a/remote/cache-service/src/db.rs
+++ b/remote/cache-service/src/db.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub fn init(path: &str) -> Result<Connection> {
         "
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS current_state (
             id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY CHECK (id = 1),
-            status TEXT,
+            status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'offline',
             timestamp INTEGER,
             last_seen INTEGER,
             last_checked INTEGER
@@ -29,23 +29,11 @@ pub fn init(path: &str) -> Result<Connection> {
             fetched_at INTEGER NOT NULL
         );
 
-        INSERT OR IGNORE INTO current_state (id, status, timestamp, last_seen, last_checked) VALUES (1, 'offline', NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        INSERT OR IGNORE INTO current_state (id) VALUES (1);
         INSERT OR IGNORE INTO pi_info (id, data, fetched_at) VALUES (1, '{}', 0);
         ",
     )
     .context("failed to initialize database schema")?;
-
-    // Migration: add last_checked column if missing (existing databases)
-    let has_last_checked: bool = conn
-        .prepare("SELECT last_checked FROM current_state LIMIT 1")
-        .is_ok();
-    if !has_last_checked {
-        conn.execute_batch("ALTER TABLE current_state ADD COLUMN last_checked INTEGER")?;
-    }
-
-    // Migration: convert NULL status to 'offline'
-    conn.execute("UPDATE current_state SET status = 'offline' WHERE status IS NULL", [])?;
-
     Ok(conn)
 }