diff --git a/backend/audit/intake_to_dissemination.py b/backend/audit/intake_to_dissemination.py
index 4edb4a2d5a..e14952e9a7 100644
--- a/backend/audit/intake_to_dissemination.py
+++ b/backend/audit/intake_to_dissemination.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def load_finding_texts(self):
                 finding_text_ = FindingText(
                     report_id=self.report_id,
                     finding_ref_number=entry["reference_number"],
-                    contains_chart_or_table=entry["contains_chart_or_table"] == "Y",
+                    contains_chart_or_table=entry["contains_chart_or_table"],
                     finding_text=entry["text_of_finding"],
                 )
                 findings_text_objects.append(finding_text_)
diff --git a/backend/dissemination/migrations/0004_alter_findingtext_contains_chart_or_table.py b/backend/dissemination/migrations/0004_alter_findingtext_contains_chart_or_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2836c35d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/dissemination/migrations/0004_alter_findingtext_contains_chart_or_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.5 on 2023-10-05 22:49
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("dissemination", "0003_alter_general_fac_accepted_date"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="findingtext",
+            name="contains_chart_or_table",
+            field=models.TextField(
+                help_text="Census mapping: FINDINGSTEXT, CHARTSTABLES",
+                verbose_name="Indicates whether or not the text contained charts or tables that could not be entered due to formatting restrictions",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/dissemination/models.py b/backend/dissemination/models.py
index d8cd7aa7dc..b03daa5ac6 100644
--- a/backend/dissemination/models.py
+++ b/backend/dissemination/models.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class FindingText(models.Model):
         "Finding Reference Number - FK",
         help_text=docs.finding_ref_nums_findingstext,
     )
-    contains_chart_or_table = models.BooleanField(
+    contains_chart_or_table = models.TextField(
         "Indicates whether or not the text contained charts or tables that could not be entered due to formatting restrictions",
         help_text=docs.charts_tables_findingstext,
     )