diff --git a/lib/tasks/convert.rake b/lib/tasks/convert.rake
index d437621c5..987cdac20 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/convert.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/convert.rake
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ namespace :convert do
     start = Time.zone.now.to_f
 
     puts "-----> Convert domain punycodes to unicode..."
-
     count = 0
     Domain.find_each(:batch_size => 1000) do |x|
       count += 1
-      x.update_column(:name_puny, (SimpleIDN.to_unicode(x.name)))
+      old_name = x.name.strip.downcase
+      x.name =  SimpleIDN.to_unicode(old_name)
+      x.name_puny = SimpleIDN.to_ascii(old_name)
+      x.save(validate: false)
      end
     puts "-----> all done in #{(Time.zone.now.to_f - start).round(2)} seconds"
   end
 end
+