diff --git a/backend/model/sql/enitites/PhotoEntity.ts b/backend/model/sql/enitites/PhotoEntity.ts
index 24d3f490..c1326183 100644
--- a/backend/model/sql/enitites/PhotoEntity.ts
+++ b/backend/model/sql/enitites/PhotoEntity.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class PhotoMetadataEntity implements PhotoMetadata {
   @Column(type => PositionMetaDataEntity)
   positionData: PositionMetaDataEntity;
 
-  @Column('tinyint')
+  @Column('tinyint', {default: 1})
   orientation: OrientationTypes;
 
   @Column(type => ImageSizeEntity)
diff --git a/test/backend/unit/model/sql/SearchManager.ts b/test/backend/unit/model/sql/SearchManager.ts
index ce936945..4fce1b75 100644
--- a/test/backend/unit/model/sql/SearchManager.ts
+++ b/test/backend/unit/model/sql/SearchManager.ts
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ describe('SearchManager', () => {
     return d;
   };
 
-  let p = getPhoto();
+  const p = getPhoto();
   p.metadata.keywords = ['Boba Fett', 'star wars', 'Anakin', 'death star'];
   p.metadata.positionData.city = 'Mos Eisley';
   p.metadata.positionData.country = 'Tatooine';
   p.name = 'sw1';
 
-  let p2 = getPhoto();
+  const p2 = getPhoto();
   p2.metadata.keywords = ['Padmé Amidala', 'star wars', 'Natalie Portman', 'death star'];
   p2.metadata.positionData.city = 'Derem City';
   p2.metadata.positionData.state = 'Research City';
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('SearchManager', () => {
 
 
   it('should get autocomplete', async () => {
-    let sm = new SearchManager();
+    const sm = new SearchManager();
 
     const cmp = (a: AutoCompleteItem, b: AutoCompleteItem) => {
       return a.text.localeCompare(b.text);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ describe('SearchManager', () => {
 
 
   it('should search', async () => {
-    let sm = new SearchManager();
+    const sm = new SearchManager();
 
     expect((await sm.search('sw', null))).to.deep.equal(<SearchResultDTO>{
       searchText: 'sw',
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('SearchManager', () => {
 
 
   it('should instant search', async () => {
-    let sm = new SearchManager();
+    const sm = new SearchManager();
 
     expect((await sm.instantSearch('sw'))).to.deep.equal({
       searchText: 'sw',