diff --git a/democracy_club/apps/hermes/migrations/0013_alter_post_hero_alt_text.py b/democracy_club/apps/hermes/migrations/0013_alter_post_hero_alt_text.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8029225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/democracy_club/apps/hermes/migrations/0013_alter_post_hero_alt_text.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-11-04 10:46
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("hermes", "0012_post_hero_alt_text"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="post",
+            name="hero_alt_text",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                default="",
+                max_length=100,
+                verbose_name="hero alt text",
+            ),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/democracy_club/apps/hermes/models.py b/democracy_club/apps/hermes/models.py
index eb5855dd..1879b691 100644
--- a/democracy_club/apps/hermes/models.py
+++ b/democracy_club/apps/hermes/models.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class Post(TimestampedModel):
         _("hero"), upload_to=post_hero_upload_to, blank=True, null=True
     )
     hero_alt_text = models.CharField(
-        _("hero alt text"), max_length=100, blank=True, null=True
+        _("hero alt text"), max_length=100, blank=True
     )
     subject = models.CharField(_("subject"), max_length=100)
     slug = models.SlugField(_("slug"), max_length=100, unique=True)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c74a04b3..34c22551 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 80
+extend-exclude = ["democracy_club/settings/local.py"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
 ignore = ["E501"]
 extend-select = [
     "I",
@@ -8,7 +11,6 @@ extend-select = [
     "Q003",
     "RET",
 ]
-extend-exclude = ["democracy_club/settings/local.py"]
 
 [tool.coverage.report]
 exclude_lines = [