diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20200207080200-fulltext_index_for_tags.js b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200207080200-fulltext_index_for_tags.js
index 5064a8b17..ffcd3d4b6 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20200207080200-fulltext_index_for_tags.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200207080200-fulltext_index_for_tags.js
@@ -15,12 +15,18 @@ export async function up(next) {
     await transaction.commit()
     next()
   } catch (error) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log(error)
-    await transaction.rollback()
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log('rolled back')
-    throw new Error(error)
+    const { message } = error
+    if (message.includes('There already exists an index')) {
+      // all fine
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log(message)
+      next()
+    } else {
+      await transaction.rollback()
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log('rolled back')
+      throw new Error(error)
+    }
   } finally {
     session.close()
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20200213230248-add_unique_index_to_image_url.js b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200213230248-add_unique_index_to_image_url.js
index 60d67432f..4582d938c 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20200213230248-add_unique_index_to_image_url.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200213230248-add_unique_index_to_image_url.js
@@ -19,11 +19,18 @@ export async function up(next) {
     await transaction.commit()
     next()
   } catch (error) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log(error)
-    await transaction.rollback()
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log('rolled back')
+    const { message } = error
+    if (message.includes('There already exists an index')) {
+      // all fine
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log(message)
+      next()
+    } else {
+      await transaction.rollback()
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log('rolled back')
+      throw new Error(error)
+    }
   } finally {
     session.close()
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20200326160326-remove_dangling_image_urls.js b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200326160326-remove_dangling_image_urls.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a77ac360c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200326160326-remove_dangling_image_urls.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { existsSync } from 'fs'
+
+export const description = `
+  In this review:
+  https://github.com/Human-Connection/Human-Connection/pull/3262#discussion_r398634249
+  I brought up that we may have image nodes with danling urls (urls that don't
+  point to local file on disk). I would prefer to remove those urls to avoid
+  unnecessary 404 errors.
+`
+
+export async function up(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    // Implement your migration here.
+    const { records } = await transaction.run(`
+      MATCH(image:Image)
+      WHERE image.url STARTS WITH '/'
+      RETURN image.url as url
+    `)
+    const urls = records.map((record) => record.get('url'))
+    const danglingUrls = urls.filter((url) => {
+      const fileLocation = `public${url}`
+      return !existsSync(fileLocation)
+    })
+    await transaction.run(
+      `
+      MATCH(image:Image)
+      WHERE image.url IN $danglingUrls
+      DETACH DELETE image
+    `,
+      { danglingUrls },
+    )
+    await transaction.commit()
+    if (danglingUrls.length) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log(`
+      Removed ${danglingUrls.length} dangling urls.\n
+      ===============================================
+      ${danglingUrls.join('\n')}
+    `)
+    }
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
+export async function down() {
+  throw new Error('Irreversible migration')
+}