diff --git a/data/init.sql b/data/init.sql
index 53c327b7..e2862870 100644
--- a/data/init.sql
+++ b/data/init.sql
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variantcount: SELECT count(*) FROM beacon_data_table;
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS beacon_dataset_counts_table (
     datasetId VARCHAR(128),
     callCount INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
-    variantCount INTEGER DEFAULT NULL
+    variantCount BIGINT DEFAULT NULL
 );
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS beacon_data_table (