diff --git a/api/lib/models/Icon.ts b/api/lib/models/Icon.ts
index 782b94b6f..b377acfed 100644
--- a/api/lib/models/Icon.ts
+++ b/api/lib/models/Icon.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export type Icon = {
     iconset: string;
     type2525b: string;
     data: string;
+    data_alt: string;
     path: string;
     username: string;
 }
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export default class IconModel extends Modeler<typeof pgschema.Icon> {
             iconset: pgschema.Icon.iconset,
             type2525b: pgschema.Icon.type2525b,
             data: pgschema.Icon.data,
+            data_alt: pgschema.Icon.data_alt,
             path: pgschema.Icon.path,
             username: pgschema.Iconset.username
         }).from(this.generic)
diff --git a/api/lib/schema.ts b/api/lib/schema.ts
index 5655ec136..5df7aede3 100644
--- a/api/lib/schema.ts
+++ b/api/lib/schema.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export const Icon = pgTable('icons', {
     iconset: text().notNull().references(() => Iconset.uid),
     type2525b: text(),
     data: text().notNull(),
-    data_alt: text().notNull(),
+    data_alt: text(),
     path: text().notNull()
 });
 
diff --git a/api/lib/sprites.ts b/api/lib/sprites.ts
index dbaaad5b1..9e0f0a567 100644
--- a/api/lib/sprites.ts
+++ b/api/lib/sprites.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import spritesmith from 'spritesmith';
 import Vinyl from 'vinyl';
 import { promisify } from 'node:util'
-import type { Icon } from './schema.js';
-import { type InferSelectModel } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import { Static } from '@sinclair/typebox';
+import { IconResponse } from './types.js';
 
 const SpriteSmith = promisify(spritesmith.run);
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type SpriteConfig = {
     name?: string;
 };
 
-export default async function(icons: Array<InferSelectModel<typeof Icon>>, config: SpriteConfig = {}) {
+export default async function(icons: Array<Static<typeof IconResponse>>, config: SpriteConfig = {}) {
     const doc = await SpriteSmith({
         src: icons.map((icon) => {
             return new Vinyl({
diff --git a/api/migrations/0067_strange_lifeguard.sql b/api/migrations/0067_strange_lifeguard.sql
index cc76ac882..edca39dac 100644
--- a/api/migrations/0067_strange_lifeguard.sql
+++ b/api/migrations/0067_strange_lifeguard.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 UPDATE settings
     SET value = Replace(value, '"', '')
-    WHERE Starts_With(key, 'group:')
+    WHERE Starts_With(key, 'group:');
 
+ALTER TABLE icons
+    ADD COLUMN data_alt TEXT;
diff --git a/api/routes/icons.ts b/api/routes/icons.ts
index 1cdd8a146..e65a193c4 100644
--- a/api/routes/icons.ts
+++ b/api/routes/icons.ts
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ export default async function router(schema: Schema, config: Config) {
         body: Type.Object({
             name: Default.NameField,
             data: Type.String(),
+            data_alt: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
             type2525b: Type.Optional(Type.Union([Type.String(), Type.Null()]))
         }),
         res: IconResponse
@@ -404,6 +405,7 @@ export default async function router(schema: Schema, config: Config) {
         body: Type.Object({
             name: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
             data: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
+            data_alt: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
             type2525b: Type.Optional(Type.Union([Type.String(), Type.Null()]))
         }),
         res: IconResponse