diff --git a/db/migrations/0147__add_hideTabRowForOneTab_if_missing.sql b/db/migrations/0147__add_hideTabRowForOneTab_if_missing.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69f6620b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/0147__add_hideTabRowForOneTab_if_missing.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+INSERT INTO options (name, value, utcDateCreated, utcDateModified, isSynced)
+SELECT 'hideTabRowForOneTab', 'false', '2019-05-01T18:31:00.874Z', '2019-05-01T18:31:00.874Z', 0
+WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM options WHERE name = 'hideTabRowForOneTab');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/app_info.js b/src/services/app_info.js
index 477fb83c3..e490bf77a 100644
--- a/src/services/app_info.js
+++ b/src/services/app_info.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const build = require('./build');
 const packageJson = require('../../package');
 const {TRILIUM_DATA_DIR} = require('./data_dir');
 
-const APP_DB_VERSION = 146;
+const APP_DB_VERSION = 147;
 const SYNC_VERSION = 10;
 const CLIPPER_PROTOCOL_VERSION = "1.0";
 
diff --git a/src/services/options_init.js b/src/services/options_init.js
index 2ebb2b9de..d9d5251e5 100644
--- a/src/services/options_init.js
+++ b/src/services/options_init.js
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ async function initNotSyncedOptions(initialized, startNotePath = 'root', opts =
 
     await optionService.createOption('spellCheckEnabled', 'true', false);
     await optionService.createOption('spellCheckLanguageCode', 'en-US', false);
+
+    await optionService.createOption('hideTabRowForOneTab', 'false', false);
 }
 
 module.exports = {