diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/NHibernateUserData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/NHibernateUserData.cs
index 87594db3a1..8983753008 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/NHibernateUserData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/NHibernateUserData.cs
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using libsecondlife;
 using log4net;
 using NHibernate;
 using NHibernate.Cfg;
 using NHibernate.Expression;
 using NHibernate.Mapping.Attributes;
+using NHibernate.Tool.hbm2ddl;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
 using Environment=NHibernate.Cfg.Environment;
 
@@ -78,6 +80,26 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.NHibernate
             // new SchemaExport(cfg).Create(true, true);
 
             factory  = cfg.BuildSessionFactory();
+            InitDB();
+        }
+
+        private void InitDB()
+        {
+            string regex = @"no such table: Users";
+            Regex RE = new Regex(regex, RegexOptions.Multiline);
+            try {
+                using(ISession session = factory.OpenSession()) {
+                    session.Load(typeof(InventoryItemBase), LLUUID.Zero);
+                }
+            } catch (ObjectNotFoundException e) {
+                // yes, we know it's not there, but that's ok
+            } catch (ADOException e) {
+                Match m = RE.Match(e.ToString());
+                if(m.Success) {
+                    // We don't have this table, so create it.
+                    new SchemaExport(cfg).Create(true, true);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         private bool ExistsUser(LLUUID uuid)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/Resources/UserAppearance.hbm.xml b/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/Resources/UserAppearance.hbm.xml
index ffb2199169..0eabf0ee98 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/Resources/UserAppearance.hbm.xml
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/Resources/UserAppearance.hbm.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     <property name="UnderPantsAsset" type="OpenSim.Data.NHibernate.LLUUIDUserType, OpenSim.Data.NHibernate" />
     <property name="SkirtItem" type="OpenSim.Data.NHibernate.LLUUIDUserType, OpenSim.Data.NHibernate" />    
     <property name="SkirtAsset" type="OpenSim.Data.NHibernate.LLUUIDUserType, OpenSim.Data.NHibernate" />
-    <property name="Texture" type="byte[]" />
-    <property name="VisualParams" type="byte[]" />
+    <property name="Texture" type="binary" />
+    <property name="VisualParams" type="binary" />
     <property name="Serial" type="int" />
   </class>
 </hibernate-mapping>
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