diff --git a/bin/migrate-primary-db b/bin/migrate-primary-db
index 8f3e50274..18107a121 100755
--- a/bin/migrate-primary-db
+++ b/bin/migrate-primary-db
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-bundle exec beamer is-primary --directory ./storage && bin/rails db:prepare
+if bundle exec beamer is-primary --directory ./storage; then
+  echo "Running on primary node, preparing the database..."
+  bin/rails db:prepare
+else
+  echo "This is not a primary node, skipping database preparation."
+fi