diff --git a/db/migrate/20141208111714_change_answer_content_column_type.rb b/db/migrate/20141208111714_change_answer_content_column_type.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f882ba97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20141208111714_change_answer_content_column_type.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class ChangeAnswerContentColumnType < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    change_table :answers do |t|
+      t.change :content, :text
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 15b65050..213bfe0a 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20141207194424) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20141208111714) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
   create_table "answers", force: true do |t|
-    t.string   "content"
+    t.text     "content"
     t.integer  "question_id"
     t.integer  "comment_count", default: 0, null: false
     t.integer  "user_id"