diff --git a/src/pretix/base/models/giftcards.py b/src/pretix/base/models/giftcards.py
index e21d26e281..f92173f0ab 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/models/giftcards.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/models/giftcards.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from pretix.base.banlist import banned
 from pretix.base.models import LoggedModel
 
 
-def gen_giftcard_secret(length):
+def gen_giftcard_secret(length=8):
     charset = list('ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ3789')
     while True:
         code = get_random_string(length=length, allowed_chars=charset)