diff --git a/migrations/each_user/0012_contact_fresh_type.sql b/migrations/each_user/0012_contact_fresh_type.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9685ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/each_user/0012_contact_fresh_type.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;
+create table if not exists new_contacts (
+	id integer primary key autoincrement,
+	birthday text,
+	manually_freshened_at text,
+	text_body text,
+	lives_with text not null default ''
+);
+
+insert into new_contacts (
+         id, birthday, manually_freshened_at, text_body, lives_with)
+  select id, birthday, manually_freshened_at, text_body, lives_with
+	from contacts;
+
+drop table contacts;
+alter table new_contacts rename to contacts;
+PRAGMA foreign_key_check;
+PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;
diff --git a/src/web/contact/mod.rs b/src/web/contact/mod.rs
index 34b0c13..8eea1b0 100644
--- a/src/web/contact/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/contact/mod.rs
@@ -601,16 +601,18 @@ mod put {
                 .execute(pool)
                 .await?;
 
-                QueryBuilder::new("insert into groups (contact_id, name, slug) ")
-                    .push_values(&new_groups, |mut b, name| {
-                        b.push_bind(contact_id)
-                            .push_bind(name)
-                            .push_bind(slugify(name));
-                    })
-                    .build()
-                    .persistent(false)
-                    .execute(pool)
-                    .await?;
+                if new_groups.len() > 0 {
+                    QueryBuilder::new("insert into groups (contact_id, name, slug) ")
+                        .push_values(&new_groups, |mut b, name| {
+                            b.push_bind(contact_id)
+                                .push_bind(name)
+                                .push_bind(slugify(name));
+                        })
+                        .build()
+                        .persistent(false)
+                        .execute(pool)
+                        .await?;
+                }
 
                 {
                     let mut switchboard = sw_lock.write().unwrap();