diff --git a/db/migrate/013_populate_node_tags_and_remove.rb b/db/migrate/013_populate_node_tags_and_remove.rb
index c7f0ad73b..7583c6618 100644
--- a/db/migrate/013_populate_node_tags_and_remove.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/013_populate_node_tags_and_remove.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 class PopulateNodeTagsAndRemove < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def self.up
     #rake import 
-    remove_column :nodes, :tags
-    remove_column :current_nodes, :tags
+    #commented out to stop people from breaking their db
+#    remove_column :nodes, :tags
+#    remove_column :current_nodes, :tags
   end
 
   def self.down
-    add_column :nodes, "tags", :text, :default => "", :null => false
-    add_column :current_nodes, "tags", :text, :default => "", :null => false
+#    add_column :nodes, "tags", :text, :default => "", :null => false
+#    add_column :current_nodes, "tags", :text, :default => "", :null => false
   end
 end