diff --git a/src/lib/actions.ts b/src/lib/actions.ts
index ead9407..b6dd962 100644
--- a/src/lib/actions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/actions.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ export async function createTaskAction(formData: FormData) {
     const title = formData.get('title') as string;
     const description = formData.get('description') as string;
     const due_date = formData.get('due_date') as string;
-    const status = (formData.get('status') as TaskStatus) || 'To-Do';
+
+    const status = (formData.get('status') as TaskStatus) || 'Todo';
+
     const topic = formData.get('topic') as string;
     if (!title || !description || !topic || !due_date) {
         throw new Error('All fields are required');
diff --git a/src/lib/db.ts b/src/lib/db.ts
index 0d458e9..5f71a37 100644
--- a/src/lib/db.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ import path from 'path';
 
 const dbPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'todo.db');
 const db = new Database(dbPath);
-// initialise the database schema ..
+
+// Initialise the database schema
 db.exec(
     `
-    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tasks(
-    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-    title TEXT NOT NULL,
-    due_date TEXT NOT NULL,
-    topic TEXT NOT NULL,
-    status TEXT CHECK(status IN ('To-Do','In-Progress','Complete')) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'to-do',
-    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-    is_Archived BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tasks (
+        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        title TEXT NOT NULL,
+        description TEXT,
+        due_date TEXT NOT NULL,
+        topic TEXT NOT NULL,
+        status TEXT CHECK(status IN ('Todo','In-Progress','Complete')) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Todo',
+        created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+        is_archived BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
     )
     `
 );