diff --git a/db/migrate/20150515195059_change_reading_group_attributes_public_default.rb b/db/migrate/20150515195059_change_reading_group_attributes_public_default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5aea81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150515195059_change_reading_group_attributes_public_default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class ChangeReadingGroupAttributesPublicDefault < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    change_column_default :reading_group_attributes, :public, true
+  end
+
+  def down
+    change_column_default :reading_group_attributes, :public, false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index a6472c0..3b02f34 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: 20150515193445) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150515195059) do
 
   create_table "kalibro_configuration_attributes", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150515193445) do
     t.integer  "reading_group_id"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
-    t.boolean  "public",           default: false
+    t.boolean  "public",           default: true
   end
 
   create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/reading_group_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/reading_group_steps.rb
index 5e29bd9..5c3a39b 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/reading_group_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/reading_group_steps.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ end
 
 Given(/^I own a sample reading group$/) do
   @reading_group = FactoryGirl.create(:reading_group)
-  FactoryGirl.create(:reading_group_ownership, {user_id: @user.id, reading_group_id: @reading_group.id})
+  FactoryGirl.create(:reading_group_attributes, {user_id: @user.id, reading_group_id: @reading_group.id})
 end
 
 Given(/^I have a sample reading group$/) do
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ end
 
 Given(/^I own a reading group named "(.*?)"$/) do |name|
   @reading_group = FactoryGirl.create(:reading_group, {name: name})
-  FactoryGirl.create(:reading_group_ownership, {user_id: @user.id, reading_group_id: @reading_group.id})
+  FactoryGirl.create(:reading_group_attributes, {user_id: @user.id, reading_group_id: @reading_group.id})
 end
 
 When(/^I visit the sample reading group edit page$/) do
diff --git a/spec/factories/reading_group_attributes.rb b/spec/factories/reading_group_attributes.rb
index 1b30512..96669a2 100644
--- a/spec/factories/reading_group_attributes.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/reading_group_attributes.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
   factory :reading_group_attributes, class: ReadingGroupAttributes do
     association :user, strategy: :build
     association :reading_group, :with_id, strategy: :build
-    self.public false
 
-    trait :public do
-      self.public true
+    trait :private do
+      self.public false
     end
   end
 end
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