diff --git a/db/zm_create.sql.in b/db/zm_create.sql.in
index 79eca0056..f9bb3866d 100644
--- a/db/zm_create.sql.in
+++ b/db/zm_create.sql.in
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `Monitors` (
   `V4LMultiBuffer`	tinyint(1) unsigned,
   `V4LCapturesPerFrame`	tinyint(3) unsigned,
   `Protocol` varchar(16),
-  `Method` varchar(16) NOT NULL default '',
+  `Method` varchar(16) default '',
   `Host` varchar(64),
   `Port` varchar(8) NOT NULL default '',
   `SubPath` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
diff --git a/db/zm_update-1.31.32.sql b/db/zm_update-1.31.32.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..781fce1fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/zm_update-1.31.32.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ALTER TABLE Monitors MODIFY TotalEventDiskSpace BIGINT default NULL;
+ALTER TABLE Monitors MODIFY Method VARCHAR(16) default NULL;
+
diff --git a/src/zm_monitor.cpp b/src/zm_monitor.cpp
index 9f0b05d31..87cda8c80 100644
--- a/src/zm_monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_monitor.cpp
@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ int Monitor::LoadLocalMonitors( const char *device, Monitor **&monitors, Purpose
     }
     Debug( 1, "Got %d for v4l_captures_per_frame", v4l_captures_per_frame );
     col++;
-    const char *method = dbrow[col]; col++;
+    const char *method = dbrow[col] ? dbrow[col] : ""; col++;
 
     int width = atoi(dbrow[col]); col++;
     int height = atoi(dbrow[col]); col++;
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ int Monitor::LoadFfmpegMonitors( const char *file, Monitor **&monitors, Purpose
     const char *linked_monitors = dbrow[col] ? dbrow[col] : ""; col++;
 
     const char *path = dbrow[col]; col++;
-    const char *method = dbrow[col]; col++;
+    const char *method = dbrow[col] ? dbrow[col] : ""; col++;
     const char *options = dbrow[col] ? dbrow[col] : ""; col++;
 
     int width = atoi(dbrow[col]); col++;
diff --git a/version b/version
index e5f37b4d8..71736e954 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.31.31
+1.31.32