diff --git a/db/migrate/053_add_accept_comments_to_articles.rb b/db/migrate/053_add_accept_comments_to_articles.rb
index dce463e..db7f83b 100644
--- a/db/migrate/053_add_accept_comments_to_articles.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/053_add_accept_comments_to_articles.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 class AddAcceptCommentsToArticles < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def self.up
     add_column :articles, :accept_comments, :boolean, :default => true
+    execute 'update articles set accept_comments = (1>0)'
     add_column :article_versions, :accept_comments, :boolean, :default => true
+    execute 'update article_versions set accept_comments = (1>0)'
   end
 
   def self.down
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