diff --git a/db/migrate/20191008163045_add_unpublished_to_exercise.rb b/db/migrate/20191008163045_add_unpublished_to_exercise.rb
index 3ba9a996..56bc215d 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20191008163045_add_unpublished_to_exercise.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20191008163045_add_unpublished_to_exercise.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class AddUnpublishedToExercise < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
   def change
-    add_column :exercises, :unpublished, :boolean
+    add_column :exercises, :unpublished, :boolean, default: false
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index cc7d022a..34d1802a 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_10_08_163045) do
     t.integer "expected_difficulty", default: 1
     t.uuid "uuid"
     t.string "import_checksum"
-    t.boolean "unpublished"
+    t.boolean "unpublished", default: false
     t.index ["id"], name: "index_exercises_on_id"
   end