diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 014d81682..b571c86f0 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171219111046) do
     t.integer  "related_content_id"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
-    t.integer  "positive_score",           default: 0
+    t.integer  "positive_score",           default: 1
     t.integer  "negative_score",           default: 0
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/shared/features/relationable.rb b/spec/shared/features/relationable.rb
index 6ff423445..6ebf948a6 100644
--- a/spec/shared/features/relationable.rb
+++ b/spec/shared/features/relationable.rb
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ shared_examples "relationable" do |relationable_model_name|
       expect(page).to_not have_css("#score-positive-related-#{related_content.opposite_related_content.id}")
     end
 
-    expect(related_content.reload.positive_score).to eq(1)
-    expect(related_content.opposite_related_content.reload.positive_score).to eq(1)
+    expect(related_content.reload.positive_score).to eq(2)
+    expect(related_content.opposite_related_content.reload.positive_score).to eq(2)
   end
 
   scenario 'related content can be scored negatively', :js do