diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
index 529ec98..c1cae13 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
@@ -119,9 +119,13 @@
 					$sql .= ' DEFAULT \''.$attributes['DEFAULT'].'\'';
 				}
 
-				if (array_key_exists('NULL', $attributes))
+				if (array_key_exists('NULL', $attributes) && $attributes['NULL'] === TRUE)
 				{
-					$sql .= ($attributes['NULL'] === TRUE) ? ' NULL' : ' NOT NULL';
+					$sql .= ' NULL';
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$sql .= ' NOT NULL';
 				}
 
 				if (array_key_exists('AUTO_INCREMENT', $attributes) && $attributes['AUTO_INCREMENT'] === TRUE)
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
index d509733..2605494 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
@@ -104,9 +104,13 @@
 					$sql .= ' DEFAULT \''.$attributes['DEFAULT'].'\'';
 				}
 
-				if (array_key_exists('NULL', $attributes))
+				if (array_key_exists('NULL', $attributes) && $attributes['NULL'] === TRUE)
 				{
-					$sql .= ($attributes['NULL'] === TRUE) ? ' NULL' : ' NOT NULL';
+					$sql .= ' NULL';
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$sql .= ' NOT NULL';
 				}
 
 				if (array_key_exists('AUTO_INCREMENT', $attributes) && $attributes['AUTO_INCREMENT'] === TRUE)
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 6232107..a50ea31 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
 	<li>Fixed a bug (Reactor #229) where the Sessions Library example SQL in the documentation contained incorrect SQL.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug (Core #340) where when passing in the second parameter to $this->db->select(), column names in subsequent queries would not be properly escaped.</li>
 	<li class="reactor">Fixed a bug where the method <kbd>$this->cart->total_items()</kbd> from <a href="libraries/cart.html">Cart Library</a> now returns the sum of the quantity of all items in the cart instead of your total count.</li>
+	<li>Fixed a bug where not setting 'null' when adding fields in db_forge for mysql and mysqli drivers would default to NULL instead of NOT NULL as the docs suggest.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Version 2.0.2</h2>