diff --git a/db/migrate/20150929142405_change_postalcode_format_in_venues.rb b/db/migrate/20150929142405_change_postalcode_format_in_venues.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cfbc714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150929142405_change_postalcode_format_in_venues.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class ChangePostalcodeFormatInVenues < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    change_column :venues, :postalcode, :string
+  end
+
+  def down
+    change_column :venues, :postalcode, :integer
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 086a703f..0426bdbf 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: 20150415121038) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150929142405) do
 
   create_table "ahoy_events", force: true do |t|
     t.uuid     "visit_id"
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150415121038) do
     t.integer  "photo_file_size"
     t.datetime "photo_updated_at"
     t.string   "street"
-    t.integer  "postalcode"
+    t.string   "postalcode"
     t.string   "city"
     t.string   "country"
     t.string   "latitude"