diff --git a/backend/src/openarchiefbeheer/accounts/managers.py b/backend/src/openarchiefbeheer/accounts/managers.py
index 61d31541..990ed85c 100644
--- a/backend/src/openarchiefbeheer/accounts/managers.py
+++ b/backend/src/openarchiefbeheer/accounts/managers.py
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ def record_managers(self) -> "UserQuerySet":
         """
         Returns a QuerySet of users that have the permission to start a destruction list.
         """
-        permission = Permission.objects.get(codename="can_start_destruction")
+        try:
+            permission = Permission.objects.get(codename="can_start_destruction")
+        except Permission.DoesNotExist:
+            # Rare occasion where permissions are not yet migrated?
+            return self.none()
         return self._users_with_permission(permission)
 
     def reviewers(self) -> "UserQuerySet":