diff --git a/rhodecode/model/db.py b/rhodecode/model/db.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/db.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/db.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
     __table_args__ = (UniqueConstraint('repo_name'), {'useexisting':True},)
     repo_id = Column("repo_id", Integer(), nullable=False, unique=True, default=None, primary_key=True)
     repo_name = Column("repo_name", String(length=None, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=False, unique=True, default=None)
-    repo_type = Column("repo_type", String(length=None, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=False, unique=False, default=None)
+    repo_type = Column("repo_type", String(length=None, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=False, unique=False, default='hg')
     user_id = Column("user_id", Integer(), ForeignKey(u'users.user_id'), nullable=False, unique=False, default=None)
     private = Column("private", Boolean(), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)
     enable_statistics = Column("statistics", Boolean(), nullable=True, unique=None, default=True)