diff --git a/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json b/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
index 8542592a8f..23c8347aee 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
+++ b/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
@@ -397,7 +397,8 @@
   "migration": {
     "old_version": "Direct migration from your current version is not supported. Please upgrade to the latest v0.60.4 first and only then to this version.",
     "error_message": "Error during migration to version {{version}}: {{stack}}",
-    "wrong_db_version": "The version of the database ({{version}}) is newer than what the application expects ({{targetVersion}}), which means that it was created by a newer and incompatible version of Trilium. Upgrade to the latest version of Trilium to resolve this issue."
+    "wrong_db_version": "The version of the database ({{version}}) is newer than what the application expects ({{targetVersion}}), which means that it was created by a newer and incompatible version of Trilium. Upgrade to the latest version of Trilium to resolve this issue.",
+    "invalid_db_version": "The database version is not a valid number. This usually indicates a corrupted 'dbVersion' option in the database. Please restore from a backup."
   },
   "modals": {
     "error_title": "Error"
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/migration.ts b/apps/server/src/services/migration.ts
index df43e42bd2..4edb9fb028 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/migration.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/migration.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ function isDbUpToDate() {
 async function migrateIfNecessary() {
     const currentDbVersion = getDbVersion();
 
+    if (isNaN(currentDbVersion)) {
+        await crash(t("migration.invalid_db_version"));
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (currentDbVersion > appInfo.dbVersion && process.env.TRILIUM_IGNORE_DB_VERSION !== "true") {
         await crash(t("migration.wrong_db_version", { version: currentDbVersion, targetVersion: appInfo.dbVersion }));
     }