diff --git a/backend/src/main/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/Entity.kt b/backend/src/main/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/Entity.kt
index 30757d9..a167c7e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/Entity.kt
+++ b/backend/src/main/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/Entity.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package uk.co.neviyn.observationdatabase
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type
 import org.joda.time.LocalDate
 import javax.persistence.CascadeType
 import javax.persistence.Column
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ data class Observation(
     val date: LocalDate = LocalDate.now(),
     @Column(nullable = false)
     val type: TrainingType = TrainingType.INVALID,
-    @Column(nullable = false)
+    @Column(nullable = false, length = 500)
     val observed: String = "UNKNOWN",
     val monitoring: Double? = null,
     val controlProcedural: Double? = null,
@@ -133,33 +134,57 @@ data class Scenario(
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
     val id: Long = 0,
     val title: String = "UNKNOWN",
-    val monitoringRating: Int = -1,
+    @Type(type = "byte")
+    val monitoringRating: Byte = -1,
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val monitoringStrengths: String = "",
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val monitoringImprovements: String = "",
-    val controlProceduralRating: Int = -1,
+    @Type(type = "byte")
+    val controlProceduralRating: Byte = -1,
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val controlProceduralStrengths: String = "",
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val controlProceduralImprovements: String = "",
-    val controlRating: Int = -1,
+    @Type(type = "byte")
+    val controlRating: Byte = -1,
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val controlStrengths: String = "",
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val controlImprovements: String = "",
-    val conservatismRating: Int = -1,
+    @Type(type = "byte")
+    val conservatismRating: Byte = -1,
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val conservatismStrengths: String = "",
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val conservatismImprovements: String = "",
-    val teamworkCommunicationsRating: Int = -1,
+    @Type(type = "byte")
+    val teamworkCommunicationsRating: Byte = -1,
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val teamworkCommunicationsStrengths: String = "",
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val teamworkCommunicationsImprovements: String = "",
-    val teamworkLeadershipRating: Int = -1,
+    @Type(type = "byte")
+    val teamworkLeadershipRating: Byte = -1,
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val teamworkLeadershipStrengths: String = "",
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val teamworkLeadershipImprovements: String = "",
-    val teamworkWorkloadRating: Int = -1,
+    @Type(type = "byte")
+    val teamworkWorkloadRating: Byte = -1,
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val teamworkWorkloadStrengths: String = "",
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val teamworkWorkloadImprovements: String = "",
-    val knowledgeRating: Int = -1,
+    @Type(type = "byte")
+    val knowledgeRating: Byte = -1,
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val knowledgeStrengths: String = "",
+    @Type(type = "text")
     val knowledgeImprovements: String = ""
 
 ) {
-    private fun ratingValid(rating: Int): Boolean {
+    private fun ratingValid(rating: Byte): Boolean {
         return rating in 1..5
     }
     fun ratingsAllValid(): Boolean {
diff --git a/backend/src/test/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/RepositoryTest.kt b/backend/src/test/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/RepositoryTest.kt
index 81cdd42..8b60795 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/RepositoryTest.kt
+++ b/backend/src/test/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/RepositoryTest.kt
@@ -326,4 +326,18 @@ class RepositoryTest {
         assertEquals(1, result.size)
         assertEquals(justRight, result.first())
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testInsertEntryWithVeryLongText() {
+        val site = entityManager.persist(Site(name = "X"))
+        val tutor = entityManager.persist(Tutor(name = "Foo Bar", site = site))
+        val person = "Mr X"
+        val testString = "teststring".repeat(100)
+        val scenario = entityManager.persist(Scenario(0, "Something", 5, testString, "", 5, "", "", 5, "", "", 5, "", "", 5, "", "", 5, "", "", 5, "", "", 5, "", ""))
+        val scenarios = listOf(scenario)
+        val observation = Observation(0, site, LocalDate.now(), TrainingType.INITIAL, "An Observation", 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, scenarios, setOf(tutor), person)
+        val result = entityManager.persist(observation)
+        assertEquals(1, result.id)
+        assertEquals(testString, observation.scenarios.first().monitoringStrengths)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc4d957..f41a1b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <main.basedir>${project.basedir}</main.basedir>
-	<revision>BETA-4</revision>
+		<revision>2020_02_20</revision>
     </properties>
 	
 	<modules>