diff --git a/django_q/migrations/0008_auto_20160224_1026.py b/django_q/migrations/0008_auto_20160224_1026.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9aeef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_q/migrations/0008_auto_20160224_1026.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('django_q', '0007_ormq'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='schedule',
+            name='name',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/django_q/models.py b/django_q/models.py
index ceba5ad..a4b0223 100644
--- a/django_q/models.py
+++ b/django_q/models.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Failure(Task):
 
 
 class Schedule(models.Model):
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=True)
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=True, blank=True)
     func = models.CharField(max_length=256, help_text='e.g. module.tasks.function')
     hook = models.CharField(max_length=256, null=True, blank=True, help_text='e.g. module.tasks.result_function')
     args = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True, help_text=_("e.g. 1, 2, 'John'"))