diff --git a/pinaxcon/proposals/migrations/0005_auto_20170917_2031.py b/pinaxcon/proposals/migrations/0005_auto_20170917_2031.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ea6dc2ef3189c09adb03e4958a8622c74d41527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pinaxcon/proposals/migrations/0005_auto_20170917_2031.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.4 on 2017-09-18 03:31
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('proposals', '0004_auto_20170917_2028'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='conferencespeaker',
+            name='code_of_conduct',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text="I have read and, in the event that my proposal is accepted, agree that I will comply with the <a href='/code-of-conduct'>Code of Conduct</a>."),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/pinaxcon/proposals/models.py b/pinaxcon/proposals/models.py
index afba826828d75c4366114154074c1e514b176982..004360f03768dbe78f9dad1a3fd8e56cf6e153af 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/proposals/models.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/proposals/models.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class ConferenceSpeaker(SpeakerBase):
     )
 
     code_of_conduct = models.BooleanField(
+        default=False,
         help_text=_("I have read and, in the event that my proposal is "
                     "accepted, agree that I will comply with the "
                     "<a href='/code-of-conduct'>Code of Conduct</a>."),