diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/map/CcFilesTableMap.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/map/CcFilesTableMap.php
index 7ba8d3cb4..3b48a5327 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/map/CcFilesTableMap.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/map/CcFilesTableMap.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class CcFilesTableMap extends TableMap {
 		$this->addColumn('SOUNDCLOUD_ERROR_MSG', 'DbSoundcloudErrorMsg', 'VARCHAR', false, 512, null);
 		$this->addColumn('SOUNDCLOUD_LINK_TO_FILE', 'DbSoundcloudLinkToFile', 'VARCHAR', false, 4096, null);
 		$this->addColumn('SOUNDCLOUD_UPLOAD_TIME', 'DbSoundCloundUploadTime', 'TIMESTAMP', false, 6, null);
-		$this->addColumn('REPLAY_GAIN', 'DbReplayGain', 'VARCHAR', false, 16, null);
+		$this->addColumn('REPLAY_GAIN', 'DbReplayGain', 'VARCHAR', false, 16, '0');
 		// validators
 	} // initialize()
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/om/BaseCcFiles.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/om/BaseCcFiles.php
index 9473418db..2bbf894cd 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/om/BaseCcFiles.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/om/BaseCcFiles.php
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ abstract class BaseCcFiles extends BaseObject  implements Persistent
 
 	/**
 	 * The value for the replay_gain field.
+	 * Note: this column has a database default value of: '0'
 	 * @var        string
 	 */
 	protected $replay_gain;
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ abstract class BaseCcFiles extends BaseObject  implements Persistent
 		$this->currentlyaccessing = 0;
 		$this->length = '00:00:00';
 		$this->file_exists = true;
+		$this->replay_gain = '0';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -2611,7 +2613,7 @@ abstract class BaseCcFiles extends BaseObject  implements Persistent
 			$v = (string) $v;
 		}
 
-		if ($this->replay_gain !== $v) {
+		if ($this->replay_gain !== $v || $this->isNew()) {
 			$this->replay_gain = $v;
 			$this->modifiedColumns[] = CcFilesPeer::REPLAY_GAIN;
 		}
@@ -2661,6 +2663,10 @@ abstract class BaseCcFiles extends BaseObject  implements Persistent
 				return false;
 			}
 
+			if ($this->replay_gain !== '0') {
+				return false;
+			}
+
 		// otherwise, everything was equal, so return TRUE
 		return true;
 	} // hasOnlyDefaultValues()
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/build/schema.xml b/airtime_mvc/build/schema.xml
index dbc13cf27..1850a6aff 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/build/schema.xml
+++ b/airtime_mvc/build/schema.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <column name="soundcloud_error_msg" phpName="DbSoundcloudErrorMsg" type="VARCHAR" size="512" required="false"/>
     <column name="soundcloud_link_to_file" phpName="DbSoundcloudLinkToFile" type="VARCHAR" size="4096" required="false"/>
     <column name="soundcloud_upload_time" phpName="DbSoundCloundUploadTime" type="TIMESTAMP" size="6" required="false"/>
-    <column name="replay_gain" phpName="DbReplayGain" type="VARCHAR" size="16" required="false"/>
+    <column name="replay_gain" phpName="DbReplayGain" type="VARCHAR" size="16" required="false" defaultValue="0"/>
     <foreign-key foreignTable="cc_subjs" name="cc_files_editedby_fkey">
       <reference local="editedby" foreign="id"/>
     </foreign-key>
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/build/sql/schema.sql b/airtime_mvc/build/sql/schema.sql
index fc317e09b..78e58cfe8 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/build/sql/schema.sql
+++ b/airtime_mvc/build/sql/schema.sql
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "cc_files"
 	"soundcloud_error_msg" VARCHAR(512),
 	"soundcloud_link_to_file" VARCHAR(4096),
 	"soundcloud_upload_time" TIMESTAMP(6),
-	"replay_gain" VARCHAR(16),
+	"replay_gain" VARCHAR(16) default '0',
 	PRIMARY KEY ("id"),
 	CONSTRAINT "cc_files_gunid_idx" UNIQUE ("gunid")
 );
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/replay_gain.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/replay_gain.py
index 2cd0fd397..8207deaa8 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/replay_gain.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/replay_gain.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ def get_mime_type(file_path):
 
 def calculate_replay_gain(file_path):
     """
-    This function accepts files of type mp3/ogg/flac and returns a calculated ReplayGain value.
-    If the value cannot be calculated for some reason, then we default to 1.
+    This function accepts files of type mp3/ogg/flac and returns a calculated ReplayGain value in dB.
+    If the value cannot be calculated for some reason, then we default to 0 (Unity Gain).
     
     TODO:
     Currently some of the subprocesses called will actually insert metadata into the file itself,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def calculate_replay_gain(file_path):
         pass
         #Log unknown file type.
 
-    replay_gain = 1
+    replay_gain = 0
     if search:
         matches = search.groups()
         if len(matches) == 1: