diff --git a/app/models/mute.rb b/app/models/mute.rb
index 854e5fc2ee..105696da63 100644
--- a/app/models/mute.rb
+++ b/app/models/mute.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 #
 # Table name: mutes
 #
+#  id                 :integer          not null, primary key
 #  created_at         :datetime         not null
 #  updated_at         :datetime         not null
 #  account_id         :integer          not null
-#  id                 :integer          not null, primary key
 #  target_account_id  :integer          not null
-#  hide_notifications :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
+#  hide_notifications :boolean          default(TRUE), not null
 #
 
 class Mute < ApplicationRecord
diff --git a/db/migrate/20170716191202_add_hide_notifications_to_mute.rb b/db/migrate/20170716191202_add_hide_notifications_to_mute.rb
index 48488b5f4b..0410938c9b 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20170716191202_add_hide_notifications_to_mute.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20170716191202_add_hide_notifications_to_mute.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require Rails.root.join('lib', 'mastodon', 'migration_helpers')
+
 class AddHideNotificationsToMute < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.1]
   include Mastodon::MigrationHelpers
 
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index bcde4a0008..939e7c7028 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171010025614) do
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.bigint "account_id", null: false
     t.bigint "target_account_id", null: false
-    t.boolean "hide_notifications", default: false, null: false
+    t.boolean "hide_notifications", default: true, null: false
     t.index ["account_id", "target_account_id"], name: "index_mutes_on_account_id_and_target_account_id", unique: true
   end