diff --git a/Guide/deployment.markdown b/Guide/deployment.markdown
index 81d3a8b4c..45e50194a 100644
--- a/Guide/deployment.markdown
+++ b/Guide/deployment.markdown
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ flake.nixosConfigurations."ihp-app" = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
 
             services.ihp = {
                 domain = "myihpapp.com";
-                migrations = ./Application/Migration;
+                migrations = ./Application/Migration; # Optional: Remove this line or set to null if you don't use migrations
                 schema = ./Application/Schema.sql;
                 fixtures = ./Application/Fixtures.sql;
                 sessionSecret = "xxx";
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ Make sure you put this into the `flake-parts.lib.mkFlake` block. The final `flak
 +
 +                        services.ihp = {
 +                            domain = "myihpapp.com";
-+                            migrations = ./Application/Migration;
++                            migrations = ./Application/Migration; # Optional: Remove this line or set to null if you don't use migrations
 +                            schema = ./Application/Schema.sql;
 +                            fixtures = ./Application/Fixtures.sql;
 +                            sessionSecret = "xxx";
diff --git a/NixSupport/nixosModules/options.nix b/NixSupport/nixosModules/options.nix
index 653001458..66b3e912f 100644
--- a/NixSupport/nixosModules/options.nix
+++ b/NixSupport/nixosModules/options.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ with lib;
         };
 
         migrations = mkOption {
-            type = types.path;
+            type = types.nullOr types.path;
+            default = null;
+            description = ''
+                Path to the migrations directory. If null, migrations will be skipped.
+            '';
         };
 
         schema = mkOption {
diff --git a/NixSupport/nixosModules/services/migrate.nix b/NixSupport/nixosModules/services/migrate.nix
index 006085655..6be07adb0 100644
--- a/NixSupport/nixosModules/services/migrate.nix
+++ b/NixSupport/nixosModules/services/migrate.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ihp, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ihp, ... }:
 let cfg = config.services.ihp;
 in
 {
-    systemd.services.migrate = {
+    systemd.services.migrate = lib.mkIf (cfg.migrations != null) {
         serviceConfig = {
             Type = "oneshot";
             ExecStart = ihp.apps."${pkgs.system}".migrate.program;
diff --git a/flake-module.nix b/flake-module.nix
index 80fd4e8dc..046ba5cd6 100644
--- a/flake-module.nix
+++ b/flake-module.nix
@@ -387,7 +387,11 @@ ihpFlake:
                         --option sandbox false \
                         --option extra-substituters "https://digitallyinduced.cachix.org" \
                         --option extra-trusted-public-keys "digitallyinduced.cachix.org-1:y+wQvrnxQ+PdEsCt91rmvv39qRCYzEgGQaldK26hCKE="
-                    ssh $1 systemctl start migrate
+                    
+                    # Only start migrate service if it exists
+                    if ssh $1 systemctl list-unit-files migrate.service >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                        ssh $1 systemctl start migrate
+                    fi
                 '';
 
                 overlays = [ihp.overlays.default];