diff --git a/bin/migrate b/bin/migrate
index bce5e525182dc..2f2aa49ed749b 100755
--- a/bin/migrate
+++ b/bin/migrate
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 set -e
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 
-ls $SCRIPT_DIR
-ls $SCRIPT_DIR/../rust
-ls $SCRIPT_DIR/../rust/bin
-bash $SCRIPT_DIR/../rust/bin/migrate-cyclotron
+# NOTE when running in docker, rust might not exist so we need to check for it
+if [ -d "$SCRIPT_DIR/../rust" ]; then
+    bash $SCRIPT_DIR/../rust/bin/migrate-cyclotron
+fi
 
 python manage.py migrate
 python manage.py migrate_clickhouse