diff --git a/app/Models/TransactionJournalMeta.php b/app/Models/TransactionJournalMeta.php
index 9e6ff0ceec..2f57d9ad27 100644
--- a/app/Models/TransactionJournalMeta.php
+++ b/app/Models/TransactionJournalMeta.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
 /**
  * Class TransactionJournalMeta
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 class TransactionJournalMeta extends Model
 {
 
+    use SoftDeletes;
     protected $dates    = ['created_at', 'updated_at'];
     protected $fillable = ['transaction_journal_id', 'name', 'data', 'hash'];
     protected $table    = 'journal_meta';
diff --git a/database/migrations/2016_11_24_210552_changes_for_v420.php b/database/migrations/2016_11_24_210552_changes_for_v420.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a5e243bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2016_11_24_210552_changes_for_v420.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * Class ChangesForV420
+ */
+class ChangesForV420 extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        //
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table(
+            'journal_meta', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->softDeletes();
+        }
+        );
+    }
+}