diff --git a/db/migrate/20161210154558_populate_tags.rb b/db/migrate/20161210154558_populate_tags.rb
index 1a09ba75..013ffd4e 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20161210154558_populate_tags.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20161210154558_populate_tags.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class PopulateTags < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def self.up
     execute('SELECT id, tags FROM events;').each do |result|
       event = Event.find_by id: result[0]
-      event.tag_list = result[1] + ' helo world'
+      event.tag_list = result[1]
       event.save
     end
 
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 928439b5..92b9abe2 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: 20161210154558) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161210105333) do
 
   create_table "active_admin_comments", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string   "namespace",     limit: 255
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161210154558) do
     t.string   "contact",           limit: 255,   default: "", null: false
     t.string   "submitter",         limit: 255,   default: "", null: false
     t.integer  "moderated",         limit: 4,     default: 0,  null: false
-    t.text     "tags",              limit: 255,   default: ""
+    t.text     "tags",              limit: 255,   default: "", null: false
     t.string   "secret",            limit: 255,   default: "", null: false
     t.datetime "decision_time"
     t.datetime "submission_time"
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161210154558) do
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.text     "tag"
-    t.text     "tags",                        default: ""
+    t.text     "tags",                        default: "",    null: false
     t.text     "diaspora"
     t.text     "object_changes"
     t.text     "place_name"