diff --git a/db/migrate/20110126200714_add_contacts_visible.rb b/db/migrate/20110126200714_add_contacts_visible.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b7af3023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20110126200714_add_contacts_visible.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class AddContactsVisible < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :aspects, :contacts_visible, :boolean, :default => true, :null => false
+    add_index :aspects, [:user_id, :contacts_visible]
+
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute <<-SQL
+    UPDATE `aspects`
+      SET contacts_visible = false
+      WHERE contacts_visible IS NULL
+    SQL
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_index :aspects, [:user_id, :contacts_visible]
+    remove_column :aspects, :contacts_visible
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 9ca792866..b48fb9b95 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -24,15 +24,17 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110127000953) do
   add_index "aspect_memberships", ["contact_id"], :name => "index_aspect_memberships_on_contact_id"
 
   create_table "aspects", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string   "name",          :null => false
-    t.integer  "user_id",       :null => false
+    t.string   "name",                               :null => false
+    t.integer  "user_id",                            :null => false
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.string   "mongo_id"
     t.string   "user_mongo_id"
+    t.boolean  "contacts_visible", :default => true, :null => false
   end
 
   add_index "aspects", ["mongo_id"], :name => "index_aspects_on_mongo_id"
+  add_index "aspects", ["user_id", "contacts_visible"], :name => "index_aspects_on_user_id_and_contacts_visible"
   add_index "aspects", ["user_id"], :name => "index_aspects_on_user_id"
 
   create_table "comments", :force => true do |t|
diff --git a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
index ff30f64c1..ff4f668f4 100644
--- a/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/aspect_spec.rb
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ describe Aspect do
       aspect.contacts.include?(contact2).should be_true
       aspect.save.should be_true
     end
+
+    it 'has a contacts_visible? method' do
+      aspect.contacts_visible?.should be_true
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'validation' do
-    before do
-      aspect
-    end
     it 'has a unique name for one user' do
       aspect2 = user.aspects.create(:name => aspect.name)
       aspect2.valid?.should be_false