diff --git a/migrations/message_store_postgres/content_script_version_2.nim b/migrations/message_store_postgres/content_script_version_2.nim
index 674e9993dd..4065a26c67 100644
--- a/migrations/message_store_postgres/content_script_version_2.nim
+++ b/migrations/message_store_postgres/content_script_version_2.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const ContentScriptVersion_2* = """
+ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS messages_backup RENAME TO messages;
 ALTER TABLE messages RENAME TO messages_backup;
 ALTER TABLE messages_backup DROP CONSTRAINT messageIndex;