diff --git a/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/migrations/0001_initial.py b/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2c3ca3aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+#
+# cdodge: This is basically an empty migration since everything has - up to now - managed in the django_comment_client app
+# But going forward we should be using this migration
+#
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        pass
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        pass
+
+    models = {
+        'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'about': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'avatar_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'n'", 'max_length': '1'}),
+            'bronze': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'consecutive_days_visit_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'country': ('django_countries.fields.CountryField', [], {'max_length': '2', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'date_of_birth': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'display_tag_filter_strategy': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'email_isvalid': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'email_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'email_tag_filter_strategy': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'gold': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'gravatar': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ignored_tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'interesting_tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_seen': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'location': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'new_response_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'questions_per_page': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '10'}),
+            'real_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reputation': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'seen_response_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'show_country': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'silver': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'w'", 'max_length': '2'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'}),
+            'website': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'django_comment_common.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'roles': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'permissions'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['django_comment_common.Role']"})
+        },
+        'django_comment_common.role': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Role'},
+            'course_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30'}),
+            'users': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'roles'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['django_comment_common']
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/migrations/__init__.py b/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/models.py b/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/models.py
index 6688470753..ec722b718a 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/models.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/django_comment_common/models.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Role(models.Model):
     course_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, db_index=True)
 
     class Meta:
+        # use existing table that was originally created from django_comment_client app
         db_table = 'django_comment_client_role'
 
     def __unicode__(self):
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ class Permission(models.Model):
     roles = models.ManyToManyField(Role, related_name="permissions")
 
     class Meta:
+        # use existing table that was originally created from django_comment_client app
         db_table = 'django_comment_client_permission'
 
     def __unicode__(self):