diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 054ab93..e8642e2 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Providers;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
 class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function boot()
     {
+        // Fix for migrations on older versions of mysql and mariadb
+        Schema::defaultStringLength(191);
+
+        // Add the lang blade directive for multi-language support
         Blade::directive('lang', function($expression) {
             return "<?php echo Language::select($expression); ?>";
         });