diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
index 2a8a3ad75..be19db869 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -958,8 +958,6 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 
     public function updateReplayGainValueAction()
     {
-        $this->checkAuth();
-
         // disable layout
         $this->view->layout()->disableLayout();
         $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender(true);
@@ -971,7 +969,7 @@ class ApiController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             list($id, $gain) = $pair;
             
             $file = Application_Model_StoredFile::Recall($p_id = $id)->getPropelOrm();
-            Logging::log("Setting $gain for file id $id");
+            Logging::debug("Setting $gain for file id $id");
             $file->setDbReplayGain($gain);
             $file->save();
         }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/map/CcFilesTableMap.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/map/CcFilesTableMap.php
index 3b48a5327..7ba8d3cb4 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, '0');
+		$this->addColumn('REPLAY_GAIN', 'DbReplayGain', 'VARCHAR', false, 16, null);
 		// validators
 	} // initialize()
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/om/BaseCcFiles.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/om/BaseCcFiles.php
index 2bbf894cd..9473418db 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/om/BaseCcFiles.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/om/BaseCcFiles.php
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ 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;
@@ -472,7 +471,6 @@ abstract class BaseCcFiles extends BaseObject  implements Persistent
 		$this->currentlyaccessing = 0;
 		$this->length = '00:00:00';
 		$this->file_exists = true;
-		$this->replay_gain = '0';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -2613,7 +2611,7 @@ abstract class BaseCcFiles extends BaseObject  implements Persistent
 			$v = (string) $v;
 		}
 
-		if ($this->replay_gain !== $v || $this->isNew()) {
+		if ($this->replay_gain !== $v) {
 			$this->replay_gain = $v;
 			$this->modifiedColumns[] = CcFilesPeer::REPLAY_GAIN;
 		}
@@ -2663,10 +2661,6 @@ 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/sql/schema.sql b/airtime_mvc/build/sql/schema.sql
index 78e58cfe8..fc317e09b 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) default '0',
+	"replay_gain" VARCHAR(16),
 	PRIMARY KEY ("id"),
 	CONSTRAINT "cc_files_gunid_idx" UNIQUE ("gunid")
 );