diff --git a/application/database_postgres/sql/CREATE/plan_events.sql b/application/database_postgres/sql/CREATE/plan_events.sql
index f9d5a7a..81a8c11 100644
--- a/application/database_postgres/sql/CREATE/plan_events.sql
+++ b/application/database_postgres/sql/CREATE/plan_events.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %%site_name%%_plan_events(
     event_plan_uuid UUID REFERENCES %%site_name%%_plans(plan_uuid) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
     event_recipe_uuid UUID DEFAULT NULL,
     event_receipt_uuid UUID DEFAULT NULL,
-    event_shortname VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
+    event_shortname VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
     event_description TEXT DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
     event_date_start TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
     event_date_end TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
diff --git a/application/database_postgres/sql/CREATE/transactions.sql b/application/database_postgres/sql/CREATE/transactions.sql
index a351004..e24facd 100644
--- a/application/database_postgres/sql/CREATE/transactions.sql
+++ b/application/database_postgres/sql/CREATE/transactions.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %%site_name%%_transactions (
     item_uuid UUID PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES %%site_name%%_items(item_uuid) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    transaction_uuid UUID DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4() NOT NULL;
     transaction_created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
     transaction_name VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL,
     transaction_type VARCHAR(64) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
diff --git a/application/meal_planner/__pycache__/meal_planner_processes.cpython-313.pyc b/application/meal_planner/__pycache__/meal_planner_processes.cpython-313.pyc
index f39d0cd..5bed84a 100644
Binary files a/application/meal_planner/__pycache__/meal_planner_processes.cpython-313.pyc and b/application/meal_planner/__pycache__/meal_planner_processes.cpython-313.pyc differ
diff --git a/application/meal_planner/meal_planner_processes.py b/application/meal_planner/meal_planner_processes.py
index 5b37385..09791fa 100644
--- a/application/meal_planner/meal_planner_processes.py
+++ b/application/meal_planner/meal_planner_processes.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def addTakeOutEvent(site, data, user_id, conn=None):
     )
 
     receipt_item = meal_planner_database.insertReceiptItemsTuple(site, receipt_item.payload(), conn=conn)
-    trimmed = data['event_shortname'][:32] # TODO: this shortens the name but i should use a a large character limit
+    trimmed = data['event_shortname'][:64] # TODO: this shortens the name but i should use a a large character limit
     event_payload = database_payloads.PlanEventPayload(
         plan_uuid=None,
         event_shortname=str(trimmed),