diff --git a/src/Tenant.php b/src/Tenant.php
index b7926841..c91341e6 100644
--- a/src/Tenant.php
+++ b/src/Tenant.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Tenant extends Model implements TenantModel
     protected $guarded = [];
     protected $primaryKey = 'uuid';
     public $incrementing = false;
+    public $timestamps = false;
 
     /**
      * Decoded data from the data column.
diff --git a/src/assets/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php b/src/assets/migrations/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php
similarity index 91%
rename from src/assets/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php
rename to src/assets/migrations/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php
index 76c0a59d..eafc175a 100644
--- a/src/assets/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php
+++ b/src/assets/migrations/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class CreateTenantsTable extends Migration
         Schema::create('tenants', function (Blueprint $table) {
             $table->string('uuid', 36)->primary();
             $table->string('domain', 255)->index();
-            $table->string('data', 1024);
+            $table->string('data', 1024)->default('{}');
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 39554f0f..02f69c66 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
 
         Redis::connection('tenancy')->flushdb();
         Redis::connection('cache')->flushdb();
-        Artisan::call('migrate'); // todo load default migration
+
+        Artisan::call('migrate:fresh');
+        $this->loadLaravelMigrations();
+        $this->loadMigrationsFrom(__DIR__ . '/../src/assets/migrations');
 
         if ($this->autoCreateTenant) {
             $this->createTenant();
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
                     'tenancy.storage_driver' => DatabaseStorageDriver::class,
                 ]);
                 tenancy()->setStorageDriver(DatabaseStorageDriver::class);
-                
+
                 break;
             case '2':
                 $app['config']->set([