diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index 7189b361f..8d0e2f2ff 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ def initialize_schools(
                 db_school = models_core.CoreSchool(
                     id=school.value,
                     name=school.name,
-                    email_regex=".*",
+                    email_regex="null",
                 )
 
                 try:
                     initialization.create_school_sync(school=db_school, db=db)
                 except IntegrityError as error:
                     hyperion_error_logger.fatal(
-                        f"Startup: Could not add group {db_school.name}<{db_school.id}> in the database: {error}",
+                        f"Startup: Could not add school {db_school.name}<{db_school.id}> in the database: {error}",
                     )
 
 
diff --git a/app/core/models_core.py b/app/core/models_core.py
index 670b6566c..3de3827f3 100644
--- a/app/core/models_core.py
+++ b/app/core/models_core.py
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ class CoreSchool(Base):
     __tablename__ = "core_school"
 
     id: Mapped[PrimaryKey]
-    name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, unique=True)
-    email_regex: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String)
+    name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(unique=True)
+    email_regex: Mapped[str]
 
 
 class CoreAssociationMembership(Base):