diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrate/template.js b/backend/src/db/migrate/template.js
index 1d63673b4..9adb0786d 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrate/template.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrate/template.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export async function up(next) {
     await transaction.rollback()
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
   } finally {
     session.close()
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.js b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.js
index 381d6db1d..619e30320 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
 
-export const description =
-  'This migration swaps the value stored in Location.lat with the value of Location.lng.'
+export const description = `
+This migration swaps the value stored in Location.lat with the value
+of Location.lng. This is necessary as the values of lat and lng were
+stored incorrectly. For example Hamburg, Germany, was stored with the
+values lat=10.0 and lng=53.55, which is close to the horn of Africa,
+but it is lat=53.55 and lng=10.0
+`
 
 const swap = async function(next) {
   const driver = getDriver()
@@ -11,8 +16,8 @@ const swap = async function(next) {
     // Implement your migration here.
     await transaction.run(`
         MATCH (l:Location) WHERE NOT(l.lat IS NULL)
-        WITH l.lng AS longitude, l.lat AS latitude, l AS Location
-        SET Location.lat = longitude, Location.lng = latitude
+        WITH l.lng AS longitude, l.lat AS latitude, l AS location
+        SET location.lat = longitude, location.lng = latitude
     `)
     await transaction.commit()
     next()