diff --git a/resources/migrations/20170309211722-payout-receipt-jsonb.down.sql b/resources/migrations/20170309211722-payout-receipt-jsonb.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/resources/migrations/20170309211722-payout-receipt-jsonb.up.sql b/resources/migrations/20170309211722-payout-receipt-jsonb.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05926c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/migrations/20170309211722-payout-receipt-jsonb.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+drop view if exists activity_feed_view cascade;
+drop view if exists claims_view cascade;
+drop view if exists bounties_view cascade;
+
+ALTER TABLE "public"."issues" ALTER COLUMN "payout_receipt" TYPE jsonb USING "payout_receipt"::jsonb;
+
+create view claims_view as
+SELECT i.title AS issue_title,
+    i.issue_number,
+    r.repo AS repo_name,
+    r.owner AS repo_owner,
+    u.name AS user_name,
+    u.avatar_url AS user_avatar_url,
+    i.payout_receipt,
+    p.updated,
+    i.balance,
+    p.state AS pr_state
+   FROM issues i,
+    users u,
+    repositories r,
+    pull_requests p
+  WHERE r.repo_id = i.repo_id AND p.issue_id = i.issue_id AND p.user_id = u.id AND i.contract_address IS NOT NULL AND i.comment_id IS NOT NULL
+  ORDER BY p.updated;
+
+
+create view bounties_view as
+SELECT i.title AS issue_title,
+    i.issue_number,
+    r.repo AS repo_name,
+    r.owner AS repo_owner,
+    u.name AS user_name,
+    u.avatar_url AS user_avatar_url,
+    i.payout_receipt,
+    i.balance,
+    i.updated
+   FROM issues i,
+    users u,
+    repositories r
+  WHERE r.repo_id = i.repo_id AND r.user_id = u.id AND i.contract_address IS NOT NULL AND i.comment_id IS NOT NULL
+  ORDER BY i.updated;
+
+
+create view activity_feed_view as
+SELECT 'open-claim'::text AS type,
+    claims_view.issue_title,
+    claims_view.repo_name,
+    claims_view.repo_owner,
+    claims_view.issue_number,
+    claims_view.user_name,
+    claims_view.user_avatar_url,
+    claims_view.balance,
+    claims_view.updated
+   FROM claims_view
+  WHERE claims_view.pr_state = 0 AND claims_view.payout_receipt IS NULL
+UNION
+ SELECT 'claim-payout'::text AS type,
+    claims_view.issue_title,
+    claims_view.repo_name,
+    claims_view.repo_owner,
+    claims_view.issue_number,
+    claims_view.user_name,
+    claims_view.user_avatar_url,
+    claims_view.balance,
+    claims_view.updated
+   FROM claims_view
+  WHERE claims_view.pr_state = 1 AND claims_view.payout_receipt IS NOT NULL
+UNION
+ SELECT 'new-bounty'::text AS type,
+    bounties_view.issue_title,
+    bounties_view.repo_name,
+    bounties_view.repo_owner,
+    bounties_view.issue_number,
+    bounties_view.user_name,
+    bounties_view.user_avatar_url,
+    bounties_view.balance,
+    bounties_view.updated
+   FROM bounties_view
+  WHERE bounties_view.balance = 0::numeric AND bounties_view.payout_receipt IS NULL
+UNION
+ SELECT 'balance-update'::text AS type,
+    bounties_view.issue_title,
+    bounties_view.repo_name,
+    bounties_view.repo_owner,
+    bounties_view.issue_number,
+    bounties_view.user_name,
+    bounties_view.user_avatar_url,
+    bounties_view.balance,
+    bounties_view.updated
+   FROM bounties_view
+  WHERE bounties_view.balance > 0::numeric AND bounties_view.payout_receipt IS NULL
+  ORDER BY updated DESC;
diff --git a/resources/sql/queries.sql b/resources/sql/queries.sql
index 9e7742a..07e261d 100644
--- a/resources/sql/queries.sql
+++ b/resources/sql/queries.sql
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ WHERE issue_id = :issue_id;
 -- :name update-payout-receipt :! :n
 -- :doc updates issue with payout transaction receipt
 UPDATE issues
-SET payout_receipt = :payout_receipt,
+SET payout_receipt = :payout_receipt::jsonb,
 updated = timezone('utc'::text, now())
 WHERE issue_id = :issue_id;
 
diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/db/bounties.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/db/bounties.clj
index 993c0a9..c857cbb 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/db/bounties.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/db/bounties.clj
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
 (defn update-payout-receipt
   [issue-id payout-receipt]
   (jdbc/with-db-connection [con-db *db*]
-    (db/update-payout-receipt con-db {:issue_id issue-id :payout_receipt payout-receipt})))
+    (db/update-payout-receipt con-db {:issue_id issue-id
+                                      :payout_receipt payout-receipt})))
 
 (defn get-bounty
   [owner repo issue-number]
diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/db/core.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/db/core.clj
index 31ee788..412451d 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/db/core.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/db/core.clj
@@ -84,3 +84,13 @@
   (sql-value [value] (to-pg-json value))
   IPersistentVector
   (sql-value [value] (to-pg-json value)))
+
+
+
+(defn jsonb-insert-test [m]
+  (jdbc/with-db-connection [con-db *db*]
+    (jsonb-insert {:data m})))
+
+(defn jsonb-select-test []
+  (jdbc/with-db-connection [con-db *db*]
+    (jsonb-query)))
diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/scheduler.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/scheduler.clj
index 0d9aeb5..58e8db4 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/scheduler.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/scheduler.clj
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@
     (log/debug "confirmed payout:" payout-hash)
     (when-let [receipt (eth/get-transaction-receipt payout-hash)]
       (log/info "payout receipt for issue #" issue-id ": " receipt)
-      ;;TODO: not sure if saving the transaction-receipt clojure map as
-      ;; a string is a good idea
-      (db-bounties/update-payout-receipt issue-id (str receipt)))))
+      (db-bounties/update-payout-receipt issue-id receipt))))
 
 
 (defn abs