diff --git a/src/common/logger.py b/src/common/logger.py
index 5fc94b9b91b6a006c547658816624051f79239a2..a2179f51dabc31175022b4fba94a686161e5a7b9 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.py
+++ b/src/common/logger.py
@@ -381,7 +381,8 @@ class Logger:
 
 	def insert_unread_events(self, message_id, jid_id):
 		''' add unread message with id: message_id'''
-		sql = 'INSERT INTO unread_messages VALUES (%d, %d)' % (message_id, jid_id)
+		sql = 'INSERT INTO unread_messages VALUES (%d, %d, 0)' % (message_id,
+			jid_id)
 		self.simple_commit(sql)
 
 	def set_read_messages(self, message_ids):