diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20231222_command_created_at.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20231222_command_created_at.hs
index 7cc0e25ea..08fab61b3 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20231222_command_created_at.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20231222_command_created_at.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Database.SQLite.Simple.QQ (sql)
 m20231222_command_created_at :: Query
 m20231222_command_created_at =
   [sql|
-ALTER TABLE commands ADD COLUMN created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT(datetime('now'));
+ALTER TABLE commands ADD COLUMN created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT('1970-01-01 00:00:00');
 CREATE INDEX idx_commands_server_commands ON commands(host, port, created_at, command_id);
 |]
 
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite/Migrations/agent_schema.sql b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite/Migrations/agent_schema.sql
index 1b976b620..d917f0324 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite/Migrations/agent_schema.sql
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Agent/Store/SQLite/Migrations/agent_schema.sql
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ CREATE TABLE commands(
   command BLOB NOT NULL,
   agent_version INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
   server_key_hash BLOB,
-  created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT(datetime('now')),
+  created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT('1970-01-01 00:00:00'),
   FOREIGN KEY(host, port) REFERENCES servers
   ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE CASCADE
 );