diff --git a/config.template.yaml b/config.template.yaml
index b72384ed..6643eb8c 100644
--- a/config.template.yaml
+++ b/config.template.yaml
@@ -135,14 +135,8 @@ channel-blacklist: []
 # Minutes between saving channel state to disk
 channel-save-interval: 5
 # Determines channel data storage mechanism.
-# Defaults to 'file', in which channel data is JSON stringified and saved to a file
-# in the `chandump/` folder.  This is the legacy behavior of CyTube.
-# The other possible option is 'database', in which case each key-value pair of
-# channel data is stored as a row in the `channel_data` database table.
-# To migrate legacy chandump files to the database, shut down CyTube (to prevent
-# concurrent updates), then run `node lib/channel-storage/migrate.js`.
 channel-storage:
-  type: 'file'
+  type: 'database'
 
 # Configure periodic clearing of old alias data
 aliases:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ccc1b6e7..5b6f5749 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Calvin Montgomery",
   "name": "CyTube",
   "description": "Online media synchronizer and chat",
-  "version": "3.60.2",
+  "version": "3.61.0",
   "repository": {
     "url": "http://github.com/calzoneman/sync"
   },