diff --git a/db/migrate/002_create_recurring_items.rb b/db/migrate/002_create_recurring_items.rb
index 05eccb00f18a0f29353ce61977c55f0aa11c0f5c..e1c51cc66d6e3ecb99c7a2015672532e5f117f34 100644
--- a/db/migrate/002_create_recurring_items.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/002_create_recurring_items.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 class CreateRecurringItems < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def self.up
-    create_table :recurring_items do |t|
-      # t.column :name, :string
+    create_table (:recurring_items,
+		  :options => 'ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8') do |t|
+      t.column :description, :string
+      t.column :amount, :integer
+      t.column :startdate, :date
+      t.column :enddate, :date
+      t.column :schedule_id, :integer
+
+      t.column :created_on, :timestamp
+      t.column :updated_on, :timestamp
     end
   end