diff --git a/peachjam/migrations/0137_registry_court.py b/peachjam/migrations/0137_registry_court.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..226f8dfcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peachjam/migrations/0137_registry_court.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.21 on 2024-06-04 09:53
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("peachjam", "0136_casehistory"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name="casehistory",
+            options={
+                "ordering": ["-date"],
+                "verbose_name": "case history",
+                "verbose_name_plural": "case histories",
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="courtregistry",
+            name="court",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="registries",
+                to="peachjam.court",
+                verbose_name="court",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/peachjam/models/judgment.py b/peachjam/models/judgment.py
index 14522f27c..179d43371 100644
--- a/peachjam/models/judgment.py
+++ b/peachjam/models/judgment.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class CourtRegistry(models.Model):
     court = models.ForeignKey(
         Court,
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
-        null=True,
+        null=False,
         related_name="registries",
         verbose_name=_("court"),
     )