diff --git a/db/migrate/20200130092113_create_payment_orders.rb b/db/migrate/20200130092113_create_payment_orders.rb
index 0b0594e56..d3320ee9b 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20200130092113_create_payment_orders.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20200130092113_create_payment_orders.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class CreatePaymentOrders < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
   def change
     create_table :payment_orders do |t|
       t.string :type, null: false
-      t.string :status, default: 0, null: false
+      t.string :status, default: 'issued', null: false
       t.belongs_to :invoice, foreign_key: true
       t.jsonb :response, null: true
       t.string :notes, null: true
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index c664522bb..edf53fe6f 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ ALTER SEQUENCE public.notifications_id_seq OWNED BY public.notifications.id;
 CREATE TABLE public.payment_orders (
     id integer NOT NULL,
     type character varying NOT NULL,
-    status character varying DEFAULT '0'::character varying NOT NULL,
+    status character varying DEFAULT 'issued'::character varying NOT NULL,
     invoice_id integer,
     response jsonb,
     notes character varying,