diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 4ce24d4b..81f89037 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ For reference or if you want to create the table schema for yourself to avoid ha
 ```sql
 CREATE TABLE prefix_paste (
     dataid CHAR(16) NOT NULL,
-    data BLOB,
+    data MEDIUMBLOB,
     postdate INT,
     expiredate INT,
     opendiscussion INT,