diff --git a/app/views/games/show.html.haml b/app/views/games/show.html.haml
index 887c95a3..40b692a5 100644
--- a/app/views/games/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/games/show.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %p
   %b Status:
-  = @status
+  = @game.status
 
 %p
   %b Title:
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150409113625_add_status_to_games.rb b/db/migrate/20150409113625_add_status_to_games.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..247d499d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150409113625_add_status_to_games.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddStatusToGames < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :games, :status, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 366b7519..f1f26284 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150104203850) do
     t.string   "title"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
+    t.string   "status"
   end
 
   create_table "player_cards", force: true do |t|