diff --git a/migrations/20151113091257-apps-alter-manifestJson.js b/migrations/20151113091257-apps-alter-manifestJson.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce05ddfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20151113091257-apps-alter-manifestJson.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+dbm = dbm || require('db-migrate');
+var type = dbm.dataType;
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE apps MODIFY manifestJson TEXT', [], function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE apps MODIFY manifestJson VARCHAR(2048)', [], function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index c3b8aea4c..ac70366d9 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS apps(
     runState VARCHAR(512),
     health VARCHAR(128),
     containerId VARCHAR(128),
-    manifestJson VARCHAR(2048),
+    manifestJson TEXT,
     httpPort INTEGER,                        // this is the nginx proxy port and not manifest.httpPort
     location VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
     dnsRecordId VARCHAR(512),