diff --git a/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
index 43a49c7d9..0697f0d0a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
@@ -441,7 +441,10 @@ class CoursesController < ApplicationController
     @course = cs.create_course(params,User.current)[:course]
     if params[:copy_course]
       copy_course = Course.find params[:copy_course].to_i
-      @course.update_attributes(:open_student => copy_course.open_student, :publish_resource => copy_course.publish_resource)
+      @course.is_copy = 1
+      @course.open_student = copy_course.open_student
+      @course.publish_resource = copy_course.publish_resource
+      @course.save
       if params[:checkAll]
         attachments = copy_course.attachments
         attachments.each do |attachment|
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160126031857_add_is_copy_to_course.rb b/db/migrate/20160126031857_add_is_copy_to_course.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f60914bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160126031857_add_is_copy_to_course.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddIsCopyToCourse < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :courses, :is_copy, :integer, :default => 0
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 736ce0f4e..42a5ea702 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20160126024429) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20160126031857) do
 
   create_table "activities", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "act_id",                                  :null => false
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20160126024429) do
     t.string   "end_term"
     t.integer  "is_excellent",                  :default => 0
     t.integer  "excellent_option",              :default => 0
+    t.integer  "is_copy",                       :default => 0
   end
 
   create_table "custom_fields", :force => true do |t|