diff --git a/db/newsgroup.sql b/db/newsgroup.sql
index cc76631..8170522 100644
--- a/db/newsgroup.sql
+++ b/db/newsgroup.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ create table newsgroup (
     created_on  DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     created_by  TEXT NOT NULL,
     name        TEXT NOT NULL,
-    description TEXT NOT NULL
+    description TEXT NOT NULL,
+    active      BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
 );
 
 create table message (
diff --git a/lib/nntp/tiny/newsgroup.py b/lib/nntp/tiny/newsgroup.py
index 27e2a08..4c2c700 100644
--- a/lib/nntp/tiny/newsgroup.py
+++ b/lib/nntp/tiny/newsgroup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ from nntp.tiny.db import DatabaseTable
 class Newsgroup(DatabaseTable):
     name    = 'newsgroup'
     key     = 'id'
-    columns = 'id', 'created_on', 'created_by', 'name', 'description',
+    columns = (
+        'id', 'created_on', 'created_by', 'name', 'description',
+        'active'
+    )
 
     @staticmethod
     def __from_row__(row):
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ class Newsgroup(DatabaseTable):
         newsgroup.created_by  = row['created_by']
         newsgroup.name        = row['name']
         newsgroup.description = row['description']
+        newsgroup.active      = row['active']
 
         return newsgroup
 
@@ -23,5 +27,6 @@ class Newsgroup(DatabaseTable):
             self.created_on.isoformat(),
             self.created_by,
             self.name,
-            self.description
+            self.description,
+            self.active
         )