diff --git a/schema/versions/57c38b5f012e_capabilities_init.py b/schema/versions/57c38b5f012e_capabilities_init.py
index 05ea0aab865876f807e993b0b72c9aec225c5176..bd8ddb4bb606e7379557574745ec07b9316d4768 100644
--- a/schema/versions/57c38b5f012e_capabilities_init.py
+++ b/schema/versions/57c38b5f012e_capabilities_init.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def upgrade():
         sa.Column("capability_name", sa.String, primary_key=True),
         sa.Column("capability_steps", sa.String),
         sa.Column("max_jobs", sa.Integer),
-        sa.Column("enabled", sa.Boolean, server_default="True"),
+        sa.Column("enabled", sa.Boolean, default=True, server_default="true"),
     )
 
     op.create_table(
diff --git a/services/capability/test/test_capability_placeholder.py b/services/capability/test/test_capability_placeholder.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 45b2bd089d5d69dd346e1e7fcbbda1e32c415b67..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/services/capability/test/test_capability_placeholder.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-def test_placeholder():
-    pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/workspaces/workspaces/capability/schema.py b/shared/workspaces/workspaces/capability/schema.py
index 2f2c33865b5af05b45eca4dbbb731a62f65d7248..0905ffb1048c3dce8023d401da71a9dfd05af67f 100644
--- a/shared/workspaces/workspaces/capability/schema.py
+++ b/shared/workspaces/workspaces/capability/schema.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Capability(Base, CapabilityIF):
     name = sa.Column("capability_name", sa.String, primary_key=True)
     steps = sa.Column("capability_steps", sa.String)
     max_jobs = sa.Column("max_jobs", sa.Integer)
-    enabled = sa.Column("enabled", sa.Boolean, default=True)
+    enabled = sa.Column("enabled", sa.Boolean, default=True, server_default="true")
     requests = relationship("CapabilityRequest", back_populates="capability")
 
     @classmethod
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class Capability(Base, CapabilityIF):
         self.name = json_dict["name"]
         self.max_jobs = json_dict["max_jobs"]
         self.steps = json_dict["steps"]
+        self.enabled = json_dict.get("enabled", True)
+
         return self
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -119,11 +121,12 @@ class Capability(Base, CapabilityIF):
             "name": self.name,
             "max_jobs": self.max_jobs,
             "steps": str(self.steps),
+            "enabled": self.enabled,
         }
 
     def __str__(self):
         return (
-            f"Capability object with name {self.name} and max simultaneous jobs of {self.max_jobs}"
+            f"Capability: {self.name}, max concurrent jobs of {self.max_jobs}"
             f"\nSequence: {self.steps}"
         )