diff --git a/api/FilterLists.Models/BaseEntity.cs b/api/FilterLists.Models/BaseEntity.cs
index 0e5af86f4..5ff1da0be 100644
--- a/api/FilterLists.Models/BaseEntity.cs
+++ b/api/FilterLists.Models/BaseEntity.cs
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ public abstract class BaseEntity
         [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
         public long Id { get; set; }
 
-        [Required]
         [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
         //TODO: Implement http://stackoverflow.com/a/38102266/2343739 so DefaultValue takes effect in db automatically
+        //For now, manually execute on new tables: InitializeNewTableBaseEntityDefaults.sql
         [DefaultValue("CURRENT_TIMESTAMP")]
         public DateTime AddedDateUtc { get; set; }
 
-        [Required]
         [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Computed)]
-        [DefaultValue("CURRENT_TIMESTAMP")]
-        public DateTime ModifiedDateUtc { get; set; }
+        public DateTime? ModifiedDateUtc { get; set; }
     }
 }
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