diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
index 2cb55a3e040..f091a7214ed 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
@@ -324,6 +324,6 @@ func AddAlertAdminConfigMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
 	mg.AddMigration("create_ngalert_configuration_table", migrator.NewAddTableMigration(adminConfiguration))
 	mg.AddMigration("add index in ngalert_configuration on org_id column", migrator.NewAddIndexMigration(adminConfiguration, adminConfiguration.Indices[0]))
 	mg.AddMigration("add column send_alerts_to in ngalert_configuration", migrator.NewAddColumnMigration(adminConfiguration, &migrator.Column{
-		Name: "send_alerts_to", Type: migrator.DB_SmallInt, Nullable: false,
+		Name: "send_alerts_to", Type: migrator.DB_SmallInt, Nullable: false, Default: "0",
 	}))
 }