diff --git a/loko/inspections/migrations/0013_promote_existing_hotbox_inspections.py b/loko/inspections/migrations/0013_promote_existing_hotbox_inspections.py
index 54f9164..7364794 100644
--- a/loko/inspections/migrations/0013_promote_existing_hotbox_inspections.py
+++ b/loko/inspections/migrations/0013_promote_existing_hotbox_inspections.py
@@ -6,18 +6,29 @@ def promote_existing_hotbox_inspections(apps, schema_editor):
     HotBoxInspection = apps.get_model('inspections', 'HotBoxInspection')
     db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
 
-    existing_hb_ids = set(HotBoxInspection.objects.using(db_alias).values_list('inspection_ptr_id', flat=True))
+    if not Inspection.objects.using(db_alias).exists():
+        return
 
-    inspections_to_promote = Inspection.objects.using(db_alias).filter(
-        models.Q(checked_intervention__sub_type__code='hotbox') |
-        models.Q(mission_intervention__sub_type__code='hotbox')
-    ).exclude(id__in=existing_hb_ids)
+    try:
+        Intervention = apps.get_model('interventions', 'Intervention')
+        InterventionSubType = apps.get_model('interventions', 'InterventionSubType')
+        hotbox_subtypes = InterventionSubType.objects.using(db_alias).filter(code='hotbox')
+        hotbox_interventions = Intervention.objects.using(db_alias).filter(sub_type__in=hotbox_subtypes)
 
-    for insp in inspections_to_promote:
-        hb = HotBoxInspection(inspection_ptr=insp)
-        for f in insp._meta.fields:
-            setattr(hb, f.attname, getattr(insp, f.attname))
-        hb.save_base(raw=True, using=db_alias)
+        existing_hb_ids = set(HotBoxInspection.objects.using(db_alias).values_list('inspection_ptr_id', flat=True))
+
+        inspections_to_promote = Inspection.objects.using(db_alias).filter(
+            models.Q(checked_intervention__in=hotbox_interventions) |
+            models.Q(mission_intervention__in=hotbox_interventions)
+        ).exclude(id__in=existing_hb_ids)
+
+        for insp in inspections_to_promote:
+            hb = HotBoxInspection(inspection_ptr=insp)
+            for f in insp._meta.fields:
+                setattr(hb, f.attname, getattr(insp, f.attname))
+            hb.save_base(raw=True, using=db_alias)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
 
 
 def reverse_func(apps, schema_editor):