diff --git a/handler/company.py b/handler/company.py
index ed1ed21..c3f9b28 100644
--- a/handler/company.py
+++ b/handler/company.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Company(Resource):
       company['contact'] = args['contact']
       company['appid'] = args['appid']
       company['appkey'] = args['appkey']
-      company['status'] = args['status']
+      company['status'] = args['status'] or 0
 
       # find comp_id in mysql
       sel_sql=f"select name from company where id={comp_id};"