diff --git a/packages/api/test/db.ts b/packages/api/test/db.ts
index 51902962e..fd4386bfc 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/db.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/db.ts
@@ -196,12 +196,14 @@ export const createTestLabel = async (
 
 export const createTestSubscription = async (
   user: User,
-  name: string
+  name: string,
+  newsletterEmail: NewsletterEmail
 ): Promise<Subscription> => {
   return getRepository(Subscription).save({
     user,
     name,
     status: SubscriptionStatus.Active,
+    newsletterEmail,
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
index c6b34ff86..2ceb71403 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { Subscription } from '../../src/entity/subscription'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import 'mocha'
 import { User } from '../../src/entity/user'
+import { getRepository } from '../../src/entity/utils'
+import { NewsletterEmail } from '../../src/entity/newsletter_email'
 
 describe('Subscriptions API', () => {
   let user: User
@@ -19,9 +21,16 @@ describe('Subscriptions API', () => {
 
     authToken = res.body.authToken
 
+    // create test newsletter subscriptions
+    const newsletterEmail = await getRepository(NewsletterEmail).save({
+      user,
+      address: 'test@inbox.omnivore.app',
+      confirmationCode: 'test',
+    })
+
     //  create testing subscriptions
-    const sub1 = await createTestSubscription(user, 'sub_1')
-    const sub2 = await createTestSubscription(user, 'sub_2')
+    const sub1 = await createTestSubscription(user, 'sub_1', newsletterEmail)
+    const sub2 = await createTestSubscription(user, 'sub_2', newsletterEmail)
     subscriptions = [sub2, sub1]
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0105.do.add_foreign_key_to_subscription.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0105.do.add_foreign_key_to_subscription.sql
index 11928dd2d..759d96bc5 100755
--- a/packages/db/migrations/0105.do.add_foreign_key_to_subscription.sql
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0105.do.add_foreign_key_to_subscription.sql
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 BEGIN;
 
 ALTER TABLE omnivore.subscriptions
+    ADD CONSTRAINT subscriptions_user_id_name_key UNIQUE (user_id, name),
     ADD COLUMN newsletter_email_id uuid REFERENCES omnivore.newsletter_emails(id);
 
 -- migrate existing data
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0105.undo.add_foreign_key_to_subscription.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0105.undo.add_foreign_key_to_subscription.sql
index 6b1fb1c6f..708a7863c 100755
--- a/packages/db/migrations/0105.undo.add_foreign_key_to_subscription.sql
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0105.undo.add_foreign_key_to_subscription.sql
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ BEGIN;
 
 -- remove old column
 ALTER TABLE omnivore.subscriptions
+    DROP CONSTRAINT subscriptions_user_id_name_key,
     ADD COLUMN newsletter_email text;
 
 -- migrate existing data