diff --git a/bin/cli-migration b/bin/cli-migration
index 9c3e077b1..036ac8b02 100755
--- a/bin/cli-migration
+++ b/bin/cli-migration
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ async function runMigrations() {
 
   try {
 
+    let {backedUp} = await inquirer.prompt([
+      {
+        type: 'confirm',
+        name: 'backedUp',
+        message: 'Did you perform a database backup',
+        default: false
+      }
+    ]);
+
+    if (!backedUp) {
+      throw new Error('Please backup your databases prior to migrations occuring');
+    }
+
     // Get the migrations to run.
     let migrations = await MigrationService.listPending();
 
@@ -41,7 +54,7 @@ async function runMigrations() {
       console.log(`\tmigrations/${filename}`);
     }
 
-    let answers = await inquirer.prompt([
+    let {confirm} = await inquirer.prompt([
       {
         type: 'confirm',
         name: 'confirm',
@@ -50,7 +63,7 @@ async function runMigrations() {
       }
     ]);
 
-    if (answers.confirm) {
+    if (confirm) {
 
       // Run the migrations.
       await MigrationService.run(migrations);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d4d14af8..40fa97fd8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "talk",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "description": "A better commenting experience from Mozilla, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. https://coralproject.net",
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/plugins.default.json b/plugins.default.json
index 753eb9000..2fb3aaa21 100644
--- a/plugins.default.json
+++ b/plugins.default.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "coral-plugin-like",
     "coral-plugin-respect",
     "coral-plugin-offtopic",
-    "coral-plugin-facebook-auth",
+    "coral-plugin-facebook-auth"
   ],
   "client": [
     "coral-plugin-respect",