diff --git a/db/migrate/20150216075336_add_temperature_controlled_to_spree_shipping_categories.rb b/db/migrate/20150216075336_add_temperature_controlled_to_spree_shipping_categories.rb
index d939d5fdf3..89035fc16f 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20150216075336_add_temperature_controlled_to_spree_shipping_categories.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20150216075336_add_temperature_controlled_to_spree_shipping_categories.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class AddTemperatureControlledToSpreeShippingCategories < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
-    add_column :spree_shipping_categories, :temperature_controlled, :boolean
+    add_column :spree_shipping_categories, :temperature_controlled, :boolean, null: false, default: false
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 2d4abcce6c..9bbc6da0ca 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20150220035501) do
     t.string   "name"
     t.datetime "created_at",             :null => false
     t.datetime "updated_at",             :null => false
-    t.boolean  "temperature_controlled"
+    t.boolean  "temperature_controlled", :null => false
   end
 
   create_table "spree_shipping_methods", :force => true do |t|