diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Entity/AccompanyingPeriod/Origin.php b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Entity/AccompanyingPeriod/Origin.php
index 4016cd833..42c75efca 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Entity/AccompanyingPeriod/Origin.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Entity/AccompanyingPeriod/Origin.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Origin
     private $id;
 
     /**
-     * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=255)
+     * @ORM\Column(type="json")
      */
     private $label;
 
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/migrations/Version20210419105940.php b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/migrations/Version20210419105940.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4214c7069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/migrations/Version20210419105940.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Chill\Migrations\Person;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
+use Doctrine\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+
+/**
+ * set label for origin as json
+ */
+final class Version20210419105940 extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    public function getDescription() : string
+    {
+        return 'set label for origin as json';
+    }
+
+    public function up(Schema $schema) : void
+    {
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE chill_person_accompanying_period_origin '
+            . 'ALTER label TYPE JSON USING json_build_object(\'fr\', label)::jsonb');
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE chill_person_accompanying_period_origin '
+            . 'ALTER label DROP DEFAULT');
+    }
+
+    public function down(Schema $schema) : void
+    {
+        // this will keep the '"' at first and last character, but is acceptable
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE chill_person_accompanying_period_origin '
+            . 'ALTER label TYPE VARCHAR(255) USING label->\'fr\'::text');
+        $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE chill_person_accompanying_period_origin '
+            . 'ALTER label DROP DEFAULT');
+    }
+}