diff --git a/database/migrations/2019_02_14_154310_change_auto_increment_prefix_to_nullable.php b/database/migrations/2019_02_14_154310_change_auto_increment_prefix_to_nullable.php
index a76b0ec655..faf24747d1 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2019_02_14_154310_change_auto_increment_prefix_to_nullable.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2019_02_14_154310_change_auto_increment_prefix_to_nullable.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ChangeAutoIncrementPrefixToNullable extends Migration
     public function up()
     {
         Schema::table('settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
-            $table->boolean('auto_increment_prefix')->nullable()->default(null)->change();
+            $table->string('auto_increment_prefix')->nullable()->default(null)->change();
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/database/migrations/2019_02_16_144154_auto_increment_back_to_string.php b/database/migrations/2019_02_16_144154_auto_increment_back_to_string.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..435f43ae1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2019_02_16_144154_auto_increment_back_to_string.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class AutoIncrementBackToString extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('auto_increment_prefix')->nullable()->default(null)->change();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        //
+    }
+}