diff --git a/db/migrate/20180814154055_rename_events_type_to_category.rb b/db/migrate/20180814154055_rename_events_type_to_category.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f97200c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180814154055_rename_events_type_to_category.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RenameEventsTypeToCategory < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    rename_column :events, :type, :category
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 872e6b82..bfa3ad66 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180814145059) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180814154055) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180814145059) do
   add_index "errors", ["submission_id"], name: "index_errors_on_submission_id", using: :btree
 
   create_table "events", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string   "type"
+    t.string   "category"
     t.string   "data"
     t.integer  "user_id"
     t.string   "user_type"