diff --git a/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0015-improve-tasks-tables.sql b/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0015-improve-tasks-tables.sql
index 5427757cf..1787c5a70 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0015-improve-tasks-tables.sql
+++ b/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0015-improve-tasks-tables.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DROP TABLE task;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS task;
 
 CREATE TABLE task (
   id uuid DEFAULT uuid_generate_v4(),
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@ CREATE TABLE task_default partition OF task default;
 CREATE INDEX task__scheduled_at__queue__idx
     ON task (scheduled_at, queue)
  WHERE status = 'new' or status = 'retry';
+
+ALTER TABLE task
+  ALTER COLUMN queue SET STORAGE external,
+  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE external,
+  ALTER COLUMN props SET STORAGE external,
+  ALTER COLUMN status SET STORAGE external,
+  ALTER COLUMN error SET STORAGE external;
+
diff --git a/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0019-add-improved-scheduled-tasks.sql b/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0019-add-improved-scheduled-tasks.sql
index b36c2a205..caad9b33b 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0019-add-improved-scheduled-tasks.sql
+++ b/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0019-add-improved-scheduled-tasks.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DROP TABLE scheduled_task;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS scheduled_task;
 
 CREATE TABLE scheduled_task (
   id text PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ CREATE TABLE scheduled_task_history (
 
 CREATE INDEX scheduled_task_history__task_id__idx
     ON scheduled_task_history(task_id);
+
+ALTER TABLE scheduled_task
+  ALTER COLUMN id SET STORAGE external,
+  ALTER COLUMN cron_expr SET STORAGE external;
diff --git a/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0041-mod-pg-storage-options.sql b/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0041-mod-pg-storage-options.sql
index 5cd38a5f4..6a9e7c8c4 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0041-mod-pg-storage-options.sql
+++ b/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0041-mod-pg-storage-options.sql
@@ -27,17 +27,6 @@ ALTER TABLE comment_thread
   ALTER COLUMN participants SET STORAGE external,
   ALTER COLUMN page_name SET STORAGE external;
 
-ALTER TABLE task
-  ALTER COLUMN queue SET STORAGE external,
-  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE external,
-  ALTER COLUMN props SET STORAGE external,
-  ALTER COLUMN status SET STORAGE external,
-  ALTER COLUMN error SET STORAGE external;
-
-ALTER TABLE scheduled_task
-  ALTER COLUMN id SET STORAGE external,
-  ALTER COLUMN cron_expr SET STORAGE external;
-
 ALTER TABLE http_session
   ALTER COLUMN id SET STORAGE external,
   ALTER COLUMN user_agent SET STORAGE external;