diff --git a/db/migrate/20130601011725_change_flickr_photo_id_to_string.rb b/db/migrate/20130601011725_change_flickr_photo_id_to_string.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2dd847ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130601011725_change_flickr_photo_id_to_string.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class ChangeFlickrPhotoIdToString < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    change_column :photos, :flickr_photo_id, :string
+  end
+  def down
+    change_column :photos, :flickr_photo_id, :integer
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 8831606cf..6e91ac8cb 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130531110729) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130601011725) do
 
   create_table "authentications", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "member_id",  :null => false
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130531110729) do
 
   create_table "photos", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "owner_id",        :null => false
-    t.integer  "flickr_photo_id", :null => false
+    t.string   "flickr_photo_id", :null => false
     t.string   "thumbnail_url",   :null => false
     t.string   "fullsize_url",    :null => false
     t.datetime "created_at",      :null => false