diff --git a/db/migrate/20200515085746_remove_articles_live_now.rb b/db/migrate/20200515085746_remove_articles_live_now.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f42f78f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200515085746_remove_articles_live_now.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemoveArticlesLiveNow < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    safety_assured { remove_column :articles, :live_now, :boolean, default: false }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 5f1267861..9258fc450 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_05_11_224704) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_05_15_085746) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_05_11_224704) do
     t.datetime "last_buffered"
     t.datetime "last_comment_at", default: "2017-01-01 05:00:00"
     t.datetime "last_experience_level_rating_at"
-    t.boolean "live_now", default: false
     t.string "main_image"
     t.string "main_image_background_hex_color", default: "#dddddd"
     t.integer "nth_published_by_author", default: 0