diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/JdbcDatabase.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/JdbcDatabase.java
index 05bb2af46..280b946d2 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/JdbcDatabase.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/JdbcDatabase.java
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 					+ " handshakePublicKey _BINARY," // Null if key is unknown
 					+ " localAuthorId _HASH NOT NULL,"
 					+ " verified BOOLEAN NOT NULL,"
-					// FIXME: SQLite interprets default '00' as string
-					+ " syncVersions _BINARY DEFAULT '00' NOT NULL,"
+					+ " syncVersions _BINARY DEFAULT x'00' NOT NULL,"
 					+ " FOREIGN KEY (localAuthorId)"
 					+ " REFERENCES localAuthors (authorId)"
 					+ " ON DELETE CASCADE)";
diff --git a/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/HyperSqlDatabaseTest.java b/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/HyperSqlDatabaseTest.java
index 10b598367..0e7742fc3 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/HyperSqlDatabaseTest.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/HyperSqlDatabaseTest.java
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 public class HyperSqlDatabaseTest extends JdbcDatabaseTest {
 
+	@Override
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
 		assumeTrue(isCryptoStrengthUnlimited());
+		super.setUp();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/SqliteDatabaseTest.java b/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/SqliteDatabaseTest.java
index d7bb9e4d4..4cd41a9c5 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/SqliteDatabaseTest.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/SqliteDatabaseTest.java
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 public class SqliteDatabaseTest extends JdbcDatabaseTest {
 
+	@Override
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
 		assumeTrue(isCryptoStrengthUnlimited());
+		super.setUp();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -20,9 +22,4 @@ public class SqliteDatabaseTest extends JdbcDatabaseTest {
 			MessageFactory messageFactory, Clock clock) {
 		return new SqliteDatabase(config, messageFactory, clock);
 	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void testSyncVersions() {
-		// FIXME: Remove override when issue with default value is fixed
-	}
 }