diff --git a/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc b/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
index cac6e2efb3..8e157a8e4b 100644
--- a/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
+++ b/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ VirtualNetwork::~VirtualNetwork()
 
 const char * VirtualNetwork::table        = "network_pool";
 
-const char * VirtualNetwork::db_names     = "oid, name, body, uid";
+const char * VirtualNetwork::db_names     = "oid, name, body, uid, public";
 
 const char * VirtualNetwork::db_bootstrap = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS"
     " network_pool (oid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(256),"