diff --git a/include/upgrader/sql/d959a00e-892866ae.patch.sql b/include/upgrader/sql/d959a00e-32de1766.patch.sql
similarity index 78%
rename from include/upgrader/sql/d959a00e-892866ae.patch.sql
rename to include/upgrader/sql/d959a00e-32de1766.patch.sql
index 7ea6bf37c0fff0283adb7e8315c5e447fe08a4dc..9c636a0a5051e6215b1e350637382a57261d46db 100644
--- a/include/upgrader/sql/d959a00e-892866ae.patch.sql
+++ b/include/upgrader/sql/d959a00e-32de1766.patch.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * servers. No significant changes need to be rolled for continuous updaters
  *
  * @version v1.7.1
- * @signature 892866ae9af89d40415b738bbde54a15
+ * @signature 32de1766d56e43215041fa982dcb465e
  */
 
 ALTER TABLE `%TABLE_PREFIX%session`
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ ALTER TABLE `%TABLE_PREFIX%session`
 
 -- update schema signature
 UPDATE `%TABLE_PREFIX%config`
-    SET `schema_signature`='892866ae9af89d40415b738bbde54a15';
+    SET `schema_signature`='32de1766d56e43215041fa982dcb465e';
diff --git a/main.inc.php b/main.inc.php
index fa06ff49a2a0ab17c91cf389907874df2fe7d4e0..284ff321739c42c2e76b2b99ac2d993401a1e370 100644
--- a/main.inc.php
+++ b/main.inc.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
     #Current version && schema signature (Changes from version to version)
     define('THIS_VERSION','1.7.0+'); //Shown on admin panel
-    define('SCHEMA_SIGNATURE', '892866ae9af89d40415b738bbde54a15'); //MD5 signature of the db schema. (used to trigger upgrades)
+    define('SCHEMA_SIGNATURE', '32de1766d56e43215041fa982dcb465e'); //MD5 signature of the db schema. (used to trigger upgrades)
     #load config info
     $configfile='';
     if(file_exists(ROOT_DIR.'ostconfig.php')) //Old installs prior to v 1.6 RC5
diff --git a/setup/inc/sql/osTicket-mysql.sql b/setup/inc/sql/osTicket-mysql.sql
index 7ee3ec02ed3b45fb63c4b864cfd14f7e9d907437..d65bf4f8570e6813b7cef16653984cf02b9ad6be 100644
--- a/setup/inc/sql/osTicket-mysql.sql
+++ b/setup/inc/sql/osTicket-mysql.sql
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `%TABLE_PREFIX%ticket`;
 CREATE TABLE `%TABLE_PREFIX%ticket` (
   `ticket_id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
   `ticketID` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
-  `dept_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
+  `dept_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   `sla_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   `priority_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   `topic_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
diff --git a/setup/inc/sql/osTicket-mysql.sql.md5 b/setup/inc/sql/osTicket-mysql.sql.md5
index 2264525c21565c70cbcada11c533966ba5607b09..a5c1ef08aecc8d20fd13ac1fb2f4123b0682f7a9 100644
--- a/setup/inc/sql/osTicket-mysql.sql.md5
+++ b/setup/inc/sql/osTicket-mysql.sql.md5
@@ -1 +1 @@
-892866ae9af89d40415b738bbde54a15
+32de1766d56e43215041fa982dcb465e