diff --git a/news/migrations/0003_auto_20200507_1737.py b/news/migrations/0003_auto_20200507_1737.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12f807de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/migrations/0003_auto_20200507_1737.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.12 on 2020-05-07 17:37
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.utils.timezone
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('news', '0002_auto_20190713_1335'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='publish',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/news/migrations/0004_auto_20200507_1741.py b/news/migrations/0004_auto_20200507_1741.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..995ab695f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/migrations/0004_auto_20200507_1741.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.12 on 2020-05-07 17:41
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.utils.timezone
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('news', '0003_auto_20200507_1737'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='publish',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(blank=True, default=django.utils.timezone.now, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/news/models.py b/news/models.py
index 7c5a27fd7..91b075f1f 100644
--- a/news/models.py
+++ b/news/models.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Post(models.Model):
     slug = models.SlugField(max_length=250, unique_for_date='publish')
     author = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='blog_posts', on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, blank=True)
     body = models.TextField()
-    publish = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now, blank=True)
+    publish = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now, null=True, blank=True)
     created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
     status = models.CharField(max_length=12, choices=STATUS_CHOICES, default='draft')