diff --git a/db/fixtures/002_groups.rb b/db/fixtures/002_groups.rb
index 319bb30797c..68912df848c 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/002_groups.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/002_groups.rb
@@ -4,3 +4,12 @@ if g = Group.find_by(name: 'trust_level_5', id: 15)
 end
 
 Group.where(name: 'everyone').update_all(visibility_level: Group.visibility_levels[:owners])
+
+ColumnDropper.drop(
+  table: 'groups',
+  after_migration: 'AddVisibleBackToGroups',
+  columns:  %w[visible],
+  on_drop: ->(){
+    STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous visible group column!'
+  }
+)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20170704142141_add_visible_back_to_groups.rb b/db/migrate/20170704142141_add_visible_back_to_groups.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d424d072be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20170704142141_add_visible_back_to_groups.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class AddVisibleBackToGroups < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    # add the visible column so it is delay dropped this cleans up some deploy issues
+    add_column :groups, :visible, :boolean, default: true, null: false
+    execute 'UPDATE groups set visible = false where visibility_level > 0'
+  end
+end