diff --git a/rhodecode/__init__.py b/rhodecode/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import sys
 import platform
 
-VERSION = (1, 7, 0)
+VERSION = (1, 7, 1)
 BACKENDS = {
     'hg': 'Mercurial repository',
     'git': 'Git repository',
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/db.py b/rhodecode/model/db.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/db.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/db.py
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ class Gist(Base, BaseModel):
     gist_access_id = Column('gist_access_id', Unicode(250))
     gist_description = Column('gist_description', UnicodeText(1024))
     gist_owner = Column('user_id', Integer(), ForeignKey('users.user_id'), nullable=True)
-    gist_expires = Column('gist_expires', Float(), nullable=False)
+    gist_expires = Column('gist_expires', Float(53), nullable=False)
     gist_type = Column('gist_type', Unicode(128), nullable=False)
     created_on = Column('created_on', DateTime(timezone=False), nullable=False, default=datetime.datetime.now)
     modified_at = Column('modified_at', DateTime(timezone=False), nullable=False, default=datetime.datetime.now)