diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/board_image_record_storage.py b/invokeai/app/services/board_image_record_storage.py
index ae2f1a98958..7aff41860cd 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/board_image_record_storage.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/board_image_record_storage.py
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ def _create_tables(self) -> None:
                 created_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT(STRFTIME('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%f', 'NOW')),
                 -- updated via trigger
                 updated_at DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT(STRFTIME('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%f', 'NOW')),
-                -- enforce one-to-many relationship between boards and images using PK
-                -- (we can extend this to many-to-many later)
                 -- Soft delete, currently unused
                 deleted_at DATETIME,
+                -- enforce one-to-many relationship between boards and images using PK
+                -- (we can extend this to many-to-many later)
                 PRIMARY KEY (image_name),
                 FOREIGN KEY (board_id) REFERENCES boards (board_id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
                 FOREIGN KEY (image_name) REFERENCES images (image_name) ON DELETE CASCADE
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/models/board_record.py b/invokeai/app/services/models/board_record.py
index 325ddd094e7..bf5401b2098 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/models/board_record.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/models/board_record.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ class BoardRecord(BaseModel):
         description="The updated timestamp of the board."
     )
     """The updated timestamp of the image."""
+    deleted_at: Union[datetime, str, None] = Field(
+        description="The deleted timestamp of the board."
+    )
+    """The updated timestamp of the image."""
     cover_image_name: Optional[str] = Field(
         description="The name of the cover image of the board."
     )
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ def deserialize_board_record(board_dict: dict) -> BoardRecord:
     cover_image_name = board_dict.get("cover_image_name", "unknown")
     created_at = board_dict.get("created_at", get_iso_timestamp())
     updated_at = board_dict.get("updated_at", get_iso_timestamp())
-    # deleted_at = board_dict.get("deleted_at", get_iso_timestamp())
+    deleted_at = board_dict.get("deleted_at", get_iso_timestamp())
 
     return BoardRecord(
         board_id=board_id,
@@ -54,5 +58,5 @@ def deserialize_board_record(board_dict: dict) -> BoardRecord:
         cover_image_name=cover_image_name,
         created_at=created_at,
         updated_at=updated_at,
-        # deleted_at=deleted_at,
+        deleted_at=deleted_at,
     )