diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 771174719c..9f805c7b5b 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	`author-id` int unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 COMMENT 'Link to the contact table with uid=0 of the author of this item',
 	`causer-id` int unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 COMMENT 'Link to the contact table with uid=0 of the contact that caused the item creation',
 	`icid` int unsigned COMMENT 'Id of the item-content table entry that contains the whole item content',
-	`vid` int unsigned COMMENT 'Id of the verb table entry that contains the activity verbs',
+	`vid` tinyint unsigned COMMENT 'Id of the verb table entry that contains the activity verbs',
 	`extid` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	`post-type` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 COMMENT 'Post type (personal note, bookmark, ...)',
 	`global` boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT '',
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user-item` (
 -- TABLE verb
 --
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `verb` (
-	`id` int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
+	`id` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
 	`name` varchar(100) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`)
 ) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='Activity Verbs';
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index feef8cf0d8..569e2ac09b 100644
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ return [
 			"author-id" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "foreign" => ["contact" => "id", "on delete" => "restrict"], "comment" => "Link to the contact table with uid=0 of the author of this item"],
 			"causer-id" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "foreign" => ["contact" => "id", "on delete" => "restrict"], "comment" => "Link to the contact table with uid=0 of the contact that caused the item creation"],
 			"icid" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "relation" => ["item-content" => "id"], "comment" => "Id of the item-content table entry that contains the whole item content"],
-			"vid" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "foreign" => ["verb" => "id", "on delete" => "restrict"], "comment" => "Id of the verb table entry that contains the activity verbs"],
+			"vid" => ["type" => "tinyint unsigned", "foreign" => ["verb" => "id", "on delete" => "restrict"], "comment" => "Id of the verb table entry that contains the activity verbs"],
 			"extid" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
 			"post-type" => ["type" => "tinyint unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "comment" => "Post type (personal note, bookmark, ...)"],
 			"global" => ["type" => "boolean", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "comment" => ""],
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ return [
 	"verb" => [
 		"comment" => "Activity Verbs",
 		"fields" => [
-			"id" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"],
+			"id" => ["type" => "tinyint unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"],
 			"name" => ["type" => "varchar(100)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""]
 		],
 		"indexes" => [