diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Hosting/ToPostgresMigrationStartupTask.cs b/BTCPayServer/Hosting/ToPostgresMigrationStartupTask.cs
index bda33d183..1f2fb64c5 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Hosting/ToPostgresMigrationStartupTask.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Hosting/ToPostgresMigrationStartupTask.cs
@@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Hosting
 
         private static async Task<string?> GetMigrationState(ApplicationDbContext postgresContext)
         {
-            return (await postgresContext.Settings.FromSqlRaw("SELECT \"Id\", \"Value\" FROM \"Settings\" WHERE \"Id\"='MigrationData'").AsNoTracking().FirstOrDefaultAsync())?.Value;
+            var o = (await postgresContext.Settings.FromSqlRaw("SELECT \"Id\", \"Value\" FROM \"Settings\" WHERE \"Id\"='MigrationData'").AsNoTracking().FirstOrDefaultAsync())?.Value;
+            if (o is null)
+                return null;
+            return JObject.Parse(o)["state"]?.Value<string>();
         }
         private static async Task SetMigrationState(ApplicationDbContext postgresContext, string migratingFrom, string state)
         {
diff --git a/Build/Version.csproj b/Build/Version.csproj
index 80ac53f95..a1aa6de08 100644
--- a/Build/Version.csproj
+++ b/Build/Version.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-		<Version>1.7.9</Version>
+		<Version>1.7.10</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 1010b8818..a765a0712 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.7.10
+
+### Bug fix
+
+* After successful migration from SQLite or MySql, there is an error after a restart @NicolasDorier
+
 ## 1.7.9
 
 ### Bug fixes