diff --git a/app/models/flowchart_node.rb b/app/models/flowchart_node.rb
index 05a64e1..feeb230 100644
--- a/app/models/flowchart_node.rb
+++ b/app/models/flowchart_node.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #  is_leaf           :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  is_root           :boolean          not null
 #  next_question     :string
-#  text              :string           not null
+#  text              :text             not null
 #  created_at        :datetime         not null
 #  updated_at        :datetime         not null
 #  child_id          :bigint
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class FlowchartNode < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :flowchart_icon_helpers
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :flowchart_icon_helpers, allow_destroy: true
   has_many :flowchart_icons, through: :flowchart_icon_helpers
-  validates :text, presence: true
   validates :header, presence: true
   validates :button_text, exclusion: { in: [''] }
   validates :next_question, exclusion: { in: [''] }
diff --git a/db/migrate/20200406215014_change_node_text_size.rb b/db/migrate/20200406215014_change_node_text_size.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a66fd8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200406215014_change_node_text_size.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class ChangeNodeTextSize < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  def change
+    change_column :flowchart_nodes, :text, :text
+    change_column_null :flowchart_nodes, :text, true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 02cb309..b69c170 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_03_27_010944) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2020_04_06_215014) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   end
 
   create_table "flowchart_nodes", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "text", null: false
+    t.text "text", null: false
     t.string "header", null: false
     t.string "button_text"
     t.string "next_question"
diff --git a/spec/controllers/flowchart_node_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/flowchart_node_controller_spec.rb
index 53be41d..17ba6c7 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/flowchart_node_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/flowchart_node_controller_spec.rb
@@ -179,18 +179,18 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when given an invalid body' do
-      before(:each) do
-        @params[:prev_id] = 3
-        @params[:node][:text] = nil
-      end
-
-      it 'throws a record invalid error' do
-        expect do
-          post :create, params: @params
-        end.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
-      end
-    end
+    # context 'when given an invalid body' do
+    #   before(:each) do
+    #     @params[:prev_id] = 3
+    #     @params[:node][:text] = nil
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   it 'throws a record invalid error' do
+    #     expect do
+    #       post :create, params: @params
+    #     end.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
+    #   end
+    # end
   end
 
   describe '.show' do
@@ -271,18 +271,18 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when given an invalid body' do
-      before(:each) do
-        @params[:id] = 1
-        @params[:node][:text] = nil
-      end
-
-      it 'throws a record invalid error' do
-        expect do
-          put :update, params: @params
-        end.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
-      end
-    end
+    # context 'when given an invalid body' do
+    #   before(:each) do
+    #     @params[:id] = 1
+    #     @params[:node][:text] = nil
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   it 'throws a record invalid error' do
+    #     expect do
+    #       put :update, params: @params
+    #     end.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
+    #   end
+    # end
   end
 
   describe '.swap' do