diff --git a/app/models/question.rb b/app/models/question.rb
index aed95fb..cf3fb61 100644
--- a/app/models/question.rb
+++ b/app/models/question.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :suggested_answers,  :allow_destroy => true
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :themes
 
-  attr_accessible :default_value, :dependency_id, :dependency_text, :guidance,:number, :parent_id, :suggested_answer, :text, :section_id,:question_format_id,:options_attributes, :suggested_answers_attributes, :option_comment_display, :theme_ids, :as => [:default, :admin]
+  attr_accessible :default_value, :dependency_id, :dependency_text, :guidance,:number, :suggested_answer, :text, :section_id,:question_format_id,:options_attributes, :suggested_answers_attributes, :option_comment_display, :theme_ids, :as => [:default, :admin]
 
   ##
   # returns the text from the question
diff --git a/db/migrate/20161115121831_remove_parent_id_from_questions.rb b/db/migrate/20161115121831_remove_parent_id_from_questions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47545b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20161115121831_remove_parent_id_from_questions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemoveParentIdFromQuestions < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    remove_column :questions, :parent_id, :integer
+  end
+end