diff --git a/.sequelizerc b/.sequelizerc
index e671871a..f2daa0b6 100644
--- a/.sequelizerc
+++ b/.sequelizerc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
 
 module.exports = {
-  'config': path.resolve('config', 'sequelizeCliConfig.json'),
+  'config': path.resolve('config', 'sequelizeCliConfig.js'),
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/migrations/AddChannelNameToClaim.js b/migrations/ChangeAmountColumnType.js
similarity index 65%
rename from migrations/AddChannelNameToClaim.js
rename to migrations/ChangeAmountColumnType.js
index b9ac1da8..434e10a3 100644
--- a/migrations/AddChannelNameToClaim.js
+++ b/migrations/ChangeAmountColumnType.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 module.exports = {
   up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
     // logic for transforming into the new state
-    const p1 = queryInterface.addColumn(
+    const p1 = queryInterface.changeColumn(
       'Claim',
-      'channelName',
+      'amount',
       {
-        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
+        type     : Sequelize.DOUBLE,
         allowNull: true,
       }
     );
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
     // logic for reverting the changes
-    const p1 = queryInterface.removeColumn(
+    const p1 = queryInterface.changeColumn(
       'Claim',
-      'channelName'
+      'amount',
+      {
+        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
+        allowNull: true,
+      }
     );
     return Promise.all([p1]);
   },
diff --git a/migrations/ChangeEffectiveAmountColumnType.js b/migrations/ChangeEffectiveAmountColumnType.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63f48e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/ChangeEffectiveAmountColumnType.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module.exports = {
+  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    // logic for transforming into the new state
+    const p1 = queryInterface.changeColumn(
+      'Claim',
+      'effectiveAmount',
+      {
+        type     : Sequelize.DOUBLE,
+        allowNull: true,
+      }
+    );
+    return Promise.all([p1]);
+  },
+  down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    // logic for reverting the changes
+    const p1 = queryInterface.changeColumn(
+      'Claim',
+      'effectiveAmount',
+      {
+        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
+        allowNull: true,
+      }
+    );
+    return Promise.all([p1]);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/migrations/ChangeHeightColumnType.js b/migrations/ChangeHeightColumnType.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6d32223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/ChangeHeightColumnType.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module.exports = {
+  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    // logic for transforming into the new state
+    const p1 = queryInterface.changeColumn(
+      'Claim',
+      'height',
+      {
+        type     : Sequelize.INTEGER,
+        allowNull: true,
+      }
+    );
+    return Promise.all([p1]);
+  },
+  down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    // logic for reverting the changes
+    const p1 = queryInterface.changeColumn(
+      'Claim',
+      'height',
+      {
+        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
+        allowNull: true,
+      }
+    );
+    return Promise.all([p1]);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/migrations/ChangeValidAtHeightColumnType.js b/migrations/ChangeValidAtHeightColumnType.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f87aa4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/ChangeValidAtHeightColumnType.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module.exports = {
+  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    // logic for transforming into the new state
+    const p1 = queryInterface.changeColumn(
+      'Claim',
+      'validAtHeight',
+      {
+        type     : Sequelize.INTEGER,
+        allowNull: true,
+      }
+    );
+    return Promise.all([p1]);
+  },
+  down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
+    // logic for reverting the changes
+    const p1 = queryInterface.changeColumn(
+      'Claim',
+      'validAtHeight',
+      {
+        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
+        allowNull: true,
+      }
+    );
+    return Promise.all([p1]);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/migrations/UpdateUserPasswords5.js b/migrations/UpdateUserPasswords5.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f911c86e..00000000
--- a/migrations/UpdateUserPasswords5.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-const db = require('../models');
-const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
-const logger = require('winston');
-
-module.exports = {
-  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-    // get all the users
-    return db.User
-        .findAll()
-        .then((users) => {
-          // create an array of promises, with each promise bcrypting a password and updating the record
-          const promises = users.map((record) => {
-            // bcrypt
-            // generate a salt string to use for hashing
-            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-              bcrypt.genSalt((saltError, salt) => {
-                if (saltError) {
-                  logger.error('salt error', saltError);
-                  reject(saltError);
-                  return;
-                }
-                // generate a hashed version of the user's password
-                bcrypt.hash(record.password, salt, (hashError, hash) => {
-                  // if there is an error with the hash generation return the error
-                  if (hashError) {
-                    logger.error('hash error', hashError);
-                    reject(hashError);
-                    return;
-                  }
-                  // replace the password string with the hash password value
-                  resolve(queryInterface.sequelize.query(`UPDATE User SET User.password = "${hash}" WHERE User.id = ${record.id}`));
-                });
-              });
-            });
-          });
-          // return the array of promises
-          return Promise.all(promises);
-        })
-        .catch(error => {
-          logger.error('error prepping promises array', error);
-        });
-  },
-  down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-    // logic for reverting the changes
-  },
-};