diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/EntityTypeConfigurations/ChangeTypeConfiguration.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/EntityTypeConfigurations/ChangeTypeConfiguration.cs
index 0dd5afbf4..e2e3ef945 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/EntityTypeConfigurations/ChangeTypeConfiguration.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/EntityTypeConfigurations/ChangeTypeConfiguration.cs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ public virtual void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Change> builder)
         // TODO: register and resolve INameRewriter
         var nr = new SnakeCaseNameRewriter(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
 
-        builder.Property<int>(nameof(Queries.Entities.Change.Id));
-
         // TODO: TDiscriminator should really be AggregateType rather than string but needs name rewriting
         builder.HasDiscriminator<string>(nr.RewriteName(nameof(Queries.Entities.Change.AggregateType)))
             .HasValue<FilterListChange>(nr.RewriteName(nameof(AggregateType.FilterList)));
+
+        builder.Property<int>(nameof(Queries.Entities.Change.Id));
     }
 }
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Entities/Change.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Entities/Change.cs
index a7baa5a26..29cbe2fb5 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Entities/Change.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Queries/Entities/Change.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ internal class UpdateConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<Change>
 {
     public virtual void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Change> builder)
     {
+        builder.Property(c => c.SubmittedAt)
+            .HasDefaultValueSql("CURRENT_TIMESTAMP");
         builder
             .Property(c => c.AggregateType)
             .HasComputedColumnSql(BuildComputedAggregateTypeSql(), true);