diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/sql/mysql/MySQLDatabaseHandler.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/sql/mysql/MySQLDatabaseHandler.java
index dff2149b2..f3f54bfaa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/sql/mysql/MySQLDatabaseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/sql/mysql/MySQLDatabaseHandler.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ public class MySQLDatabaseHandler<T> extends SQLDatabaseHandler<T> {
      * @param dbConnecter - authentication details for the database
      */
     MySQLDatabaseHandler(BentoBox plugin, Class<T> type, DatabaseConnector dbConnecter) {
-        super(plugin, type, dbConnecter, new SQLConfiguration(type.getCanonicalName()));
+        super(plugin, type, dbConnecter, new SQLConfiguration(type.getCanonicalName())
+                .schema("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `" + type.getCanonicalName() +
+                        "` (json JSON, uniqueId VARCHAR(255) GENERATED ALWAYS AS (json->\"$.uniqueId\"), UNIQUE INDEX i (uniqueId) ) ENGINE = INNODB"));
     }
 }