diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/Feed.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/Feed.java
index 86ad8895..8e73549b 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/Feed.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/Feed.java
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package com.commafeed.backend.model;
 
+import java.sql.Types;
 import java.time.Instant;
 
+import org.hibernate.annotations.JdbcTypeCode;
+
 import jakarta.persistence.Column;
 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Lob;
 import jakarta.persistence.Table;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -18,7 +22,9 @@ public class Feed extends AbstractModel {
 	/**
 	 * The url of the feed
 	 */
-	@Column(length = 2048, nullable = false)
+	@Lob
+	@Column(length = Integer.MAX_VALUE, nullable = false)
+	@JdbcTypeCode(Types.LONGVARCHAR)
 	private String url;
 
 	/**
@@ -36,7 +42,9 @@ public class Feed extends AbstractModel {
 	/**
 	 * The url of the website, extracted from the feed
 	 */
-	@Column(length = 2048)
+	@Lob
+	@Column(length = Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+	@JdbcTypeCode(Types.LONGVARCHAR)
 	private String link;
 
 	/**
@@ -60,7 +68,9 @@ public class Feed extends AbstractModel {
 	/**
 	 * error message while retrieving the feed
 	 */
-	@Column(length = 1024)
+	@Lob
+	@Column(length = Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+	@JdbcTypeCode(Types.LONGVARCHAR)
 	private String message;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/User.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/User.java
index 18595ffa..6efc8cd4 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/User.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/User.java
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package com.commafeed.backend.model;
 
+import java.sql.Types;
 import java.time.Instant;
 
+import org.hibernate.annotations.JdbcTypeCode;
+
 import jakarta.persistence.Column;
 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Lob;
 import jakarta.persistence.Table;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -21,13 +25,17 @@ public class User extends AbstractModel {
 	@Column(length = 255, unique = true)
 	private String email;
 
-	@Column(length = 256, nullable = false)
+	@Lob
+	@Column(length = Integer.MAX_VALUE, nullable = false)
+	@JdbcTypeCode(Types.LONGVARBINARY)
 	private byte[] password;
 
 	@Column(length = 40, unique = true)
 	private String apiKey;
 
-	@Column(length = 8, nullable = false)
+	@Lob
+	@Column(length = Integer.MAX_VALUE, nullable = false)
+	@JdbcTypeCode(Types.LONGVARBINARY)
 	private byte[] salt;
 
 	@Column(nullable = false)