diff --git a/app/Customer.php b/app/Customer.php
index 2505b4a5..394be6b4 100644
--- a/app/Customer.php
+++ b/app/Customer.php
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class Customer extends Model
      *
      * @var [type]
      */
-    protected $fillable = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'company', 'job_title', 'address', 'city', 'state', 'zip', 'country', 'photo_url', 'age', 'gender', 'background'];
+    protected $fillable = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'company', 'job_title', 'address', 'city', 'state', 'zip', 'country', 'photo_url', 'age', 'gender', 'notes'];
 
     /**
      * Fields stored as JSON.
@@ -920,8 +920,8 @@ class Customer extends Model
             unset($data['photo_url']);
         }
 
-        if (!empty($data['notes']) && empty($data['background'])) {
-            $data['background'] = $data['notes'];
+        if (!empty($data['background']) && empty($data['notes'])) {
+            $data['notes'] = $data['background'];
         }
 
         if ($replace_data) {
diff --git a/database/migrations/2020_11_19_070000_update_customers_table.php b/database/migrations/2020_11_19_070000_update_customers_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..516b01a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2020_11_19_070000_update_customers_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+class UpdateCustomersTable extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('customers', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('age');
+            $table->dropColumn('gender');
+            $table->renameColumn('background', 'notes');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::table('customers', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('age', 7)->nullable();
+            $table->unsignedTinyInteger('gender')->nullable();
+            $table->renameColumn('notes', 'background');
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/customers/partials/edit_form.blade.php b/resources/views/customers/partials/edit_form.blade.php
index 7ce9b732..ee2d3a39 100644
--- a/resources/views/customers/partials/edit_form.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/customers/partials/edit_form.blade.php
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@
                     </div>
                 </div>
 
-                <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has('background') ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
-                    <label for="background" class="col-sm-2 control-label">{{ __('Notes') }}</label>
+                <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has('notes') ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
+                    <label for="notes" class="col-sm-2 control-label">{{ __('Notes') }}</label>
 
                     <div class="col-sm-6">
-                        <textarea id="background" class="form-control input-sized-lg" name="background" rows="2">{{ old('background', $customer->background) }}</textarea>
+                        <textarea id="notes" class="form-control input-sized-lg" name="notes" rows="2">{{ old('notes', $customer->notes) }}</textarea>
 
-                        @include('partials/field_error', ['field'=>'background'])
+                        @include('partials/field_error', ['field'=>'notes'])
                     </div>
                 </div>
 
diff --git a/resources/views/customers/profile_snippet.blade.php b/resources/views/customers/profile_snippet.blade.php
index 5d096c7f..c544a527 100644
--- a/resources/views/customers/profile_snippet.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/customers/profile_snippet.blade.php
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
 					@if ($customer->address)<div>{{ $customer->address }}</div>@endif
 				</div>
 			@endif
-			@if ($customer->background)
+			@if ($customer->notes)
 				<div class="customer-section">
-					<i>{{ $customer->background }}</i>
+					<i>{{ $customer->notes }}</i>
 				</div>
 			@endif
 		</div>