diff --git a/src/Actions/InitialiseOrbitalTable.php b/src/Actions/InitialiseOrbitalTable.php
index 8ff9ee1..85fbbb0 100644
--- a/src/Actions/InitialiseOrbitalTable.php
+++ b/src/Actions/InitialiseOrbitalTable.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Orbit\Contracts\Driver;
+use Orbit\Contracts\ModifiesSchema;
 use Orbit\Contracts\Orbit;
 use Orbit\Support\ConfigureBlueprintFromModel;
 use ReflectionClass;
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ public function shouldInitialise(Orbit&Model $model): bool
         return ($modelFileMTime > $databaseMTime) || ! $schemaBuilder->hasTable($model->getTable());
     }
 
-    public function migrate(Orbit&Model $model): void
+    public function migrate(Orbit&Model $model, Driver $driver): void
     {
         $table = $model->getTable();
         $schemaBuilder = $model->resolveConnection()->getSchemaBuilder();
@@ -30,12 +32,12 @@ public function migrate(Orbit&Model $model): void
             $schemaBuilder->drop($table);
         }
 
-        $blueprint = null;
+        $schemaBuilder->create($table, static function (Blueprint $table) use ($model, $driver) {
+            ConfigureBlueprintFromModel::configure($model, $table);
 
-        $schemaBuilder->create($table, static function (Blueprint $table) use (&$blueprint, $model) {
-            $blueprint = $table;
-
-            ConfigureBlueprintFromModel::configure($model, $blueprint);
+            if ($driver instanceof ModifiesSchema) {
+                $driver->schema($table);
+            }
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Concerns/Orbital.php b/src/Concerns/Orbital.php
index 56d5386..159bf73 100644
--- a/src/Concerns/Orbital.php
+++ b/src/Concerns/Orbital.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public static function bootOrbital()
         $refreshed = false;
 
         if ($initialiseOrbitTable->shouldInitialise($model)) {
-            $initialiseOrbitTable->migrate($model);
+            $initialiseOrbitTable->migrate($model, $driver);
             $maybeRefreshDatabaseContent->refresh($model, $driver);
 
             $refreshed = true;
diff --git a/src/Contracts/ModifiesSchema.php b/src/Contracts/ModifiesSchema.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..108f908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Contracts/ModifiesSchema.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Orbit\Contracts;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+
+interface ModifiesSchema
+{
+    public function schema(Blueprint $table): void;
+}
diff --git a/src/Drivers/Markdown.php b/src/Drivers/Markdown.php
index 4dc7016..98119f4 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Markdown.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Markdown.php
@@ -2,12 +2,22 @@
 
 namespace Orbit\Drivers;
 
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
 use Orbit\Contracts\Driver;
+use Orbit\Contracts\ModifiesSchema;
+use Orbit\Support\BlueprintUtilities;
 use Spatie\YamlFrontMatter\YamlFrontMatter;
 use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
 
-class Markdown implements Driver
+class Markdown implements Driver, ModifiesSchema
 {
+    public function schema(Blueprint $table): void
+    {
+        if (! BlueprintUtilities::hasColumn($table, 'content')) {
+            $table->text('content')->nullable();
+        }
+    }
+
     public function parse(string $fileContents): array
     {
         $document = YamlFrontMatter::parse($fileContents);
diff --git a/src/Support/BlueprintUtilities.php b/src/Support/BlueprintUtilities.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c682df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Support/BlueprintUtilities.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Orbit\Support;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\ColumnDefinition;
+
+/** @internal */
+class BlueprintUtilities
+{
+    public static function hasColumn(Blueprint $table, string $column): bool
+    {
+        return collect($table->getColumns())->contains(static fn (ColumnDefinition $definition): bool => $definition->name === $column);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Support/BlueprintUtilitiesTest.php b/tests/Feature/Support/BlueprintUtilitiesTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7521a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Support/BlueprintUtilitiesTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Orbit\Support\BlueprintUtilities;
+
+it('can determine column existence in blueprint', function () {
+    $blueprint = new Blueprint('test');
+    $blueprint->text('content')->nullable();
+
+    expect(BlueprintUtilities::hasColumn($blueprint, 'content'))->toBeTrue();
+});