diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 59a50a904..cf6305e4d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
         homework.publish_time = Time.now
         homework.homework_type = params[:homework_type].to_i || 1
         homework.late_penalty = 10
+        homework.teacher_priority = 1
         homework.user_id = User.current.id
         homework.course_id = params[:course_id]
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150917022239_add_teacher_priority_to_homework.rb b/db/migrate/20150917022239_add_teacher_priority_to_homework.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20ab421bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150917022239_add_teacher_priority_to_homework.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddTeacherPriorityToHomework < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :homework_commons,:teacher_priority,:integer,:default => 1
+  end
+end