diff --git a/db/migrations/000075_publish_question_sets_default.down.sql b/db/migrations/000075_publish_question_sets_default.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0149098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/000075_publish_question_sets_default.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE question_sets
+    ALTER COLUMN status SET DEFAULT 'DRAFT';
diff --git a/db/migrations/000075_publish_question_sets_default.up.sql b/db/migrations/000075_publish_question_sets_default.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8fb62f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/000075_publish_question_sets_default.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- Publish existing non-archived question sets and default future ones to PUBLISHED.
+UPDATE question_sets
+SET status = 'PUBLISHED',
+    updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+WHERE status IN ('DRAFT', 'INACTIVE');
+
+ALTER TABLE question_sets
+    ALTER COLUMN status SET DEFAULT 'PUBLISHED';
diff --git a/db/query/question_sets.sql b/db/query/question_sets.sql
index 0a2bec9..fa2bc0c 100644
--- a/db/query/question_sets.sql
+++ b/db/query/question_sets.sql
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ INSERT INTO question_sets (
     status,
     intro_video_url
 )
-VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, COALESCE($10, false), COALESCE($11, 'DRAFT'), $12)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, COALESCE($10, false), COALESCE($11, 'PUBLISHED'), $12)
 RETURNING *;
 
 -- name: GetQuestionSetByID :one
diff --git a/gen/db/question_sets.sql.go b/gen/db/question_sets.sql.go
index d418b77..bc0d559 100644
--- a/gen/db/question_sets.sql.go
+++ b/gen/db/question_sets.sql.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ INSERT INTO question_sets (
     status,
     intro_video_url
 )
-VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, COALESCE($10, false), COALESCE($11, 'DRAFT'), $12)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, COALESCE($10, false), COALESCE($11, 'PUBLISHED'), $12)
 RETURNING id, title, description, set_type, owner_type, owner_id, banner_image, persona, time_limit_minutes, passing_score, shuffle_questions, status, created_at, updated_at, display_order, intro_video_url
 `