diff --git a/src/backend/model/database/sql/enitites/DirectoryEntity.ts b/src/backend/model/database/sql/enitites/DirectoryEntity.ts
index 70e7d3d1..26614623 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/database/sql/enitites/DirectoryEntity.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/database/sql/enitites/DirectoryEntity.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class DirectoryEntity
 
   isPartial?: boolean;
 
-  @Column('smallint', { unsigned: true })
+  @Column('mediumint', { unsigned: true })
   mediaCount: number;
 
   @Index()
diff --git a/src/common/DataStructureVersion.ts b/src/common/DataStructureVersion.ts
index 82780e68..1352d623 100644
--- a/src/common/DataStructureVersion.ts
+++ b/src/common/DataStructureVersion.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /**
  * This version indicates that the SQL sql/entities/*Entity.ts files got changed and the db needs to be recreated
  */
-export const DataStructureVersion = 27;
+export const DataStructureVersion = 28;