diff --git a/app/commands.py b/app/commands.py
index 197403eba..5b405ca54 100644
--- a/app/commands.py
+++ b/app/commands.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
 from flask.ext.script import Command, Manager, Option
-from app.models import (PROVIDERS, Service, User)
+
+
+from app import db
+from app.models import (PROVIDERS, Service, User, NotificationHistory)
 from app.dao.services_dao import (
     delete_service_and_all_associated_db_objects,
     dao_fetch_all_services_by_user
@@ -60,3 +63,19 @@ class PurgeFunctionalTestDataCommand(Command):
                     else:
                         delete_user_verify_codes(usr)
                         delete_model_user(usr)
+
+
+class CustomDbScript(Command):
+    def run(self):
+        self.update_notification_international_flag()
+
+    def update_notification_international_flag(self):
+        # 250,000 rows takes 30 seconds to update.
+        subq = "select id from notification_history where international is null limit 250000"
+        update = "update notification_history set international = False where id in ({})".format(subq)
+        result = db.session.execute(subq).fetchall()
+        while len(result) > 0:
+            db.session.execute(update)
+            print('commit 10000 updates at {}'.format(datetime.utcnow()))
+            db.session.commit()
+            result = db.session.execute(subq).fetchall()
diff --git a/application.py b/application.py
index 0b940dc87..b2a59a6fd 100644
--- a/application.py
+++ b/application.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ migrate = Migrate(application, db)
 manager.add_command('db', MigrateCommand)
 manager.add_command('create_provider_rate', commands.CreateProviderRateCommand)
 manager.add_command('purge_functional_test_data', commands.PurgeFunctionalTestDataCommand)
+manager.add_command('custom_db_script', commands.CustomDbScript)
 
 
 @manager.command
diff --git a/server_commands.py b/server_commands.py
index 6289da765..85bf13137 100644
--- a/server_commands.py
+++ b/server_commands.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ manager = Manager(application)
 migrate = Migrate(application, db)
 manager.add_command('db', MigrateCommand)
 manager.add_command('purge_functional_test_data', commands.PurgeFunctionalTestDataCommand)
+manager.add_command('custom_db_script', commands.CustomDbScript)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     manager.run()