diff --git a/db/migrate/20150806135245_add_nickname_to_user.rb b/db/migrate/20150806135245_add_nickname_to_user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06bf046f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150806135245_add_nickname_to_user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddNicknameToUser < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :users, :nickname, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index f75de4884..70c3b6de1 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: 20150806111435) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150806135245) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150806111435) do
     t.datetime "confirmed_at"
     t.datetime "confirmation_sent_at"
     t.string   "unconfirmed_email"
+    t.string   "nickname"
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["confirmation_token"], name: "index_users_on_confirmation_token", unique: true, using: :btree