diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/CorrectAccountBalance.php b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/CorrectAccountBalance.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d6c35929de..0000000000
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/CorrectAccountBalance.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace FireflyIII\Console\Commands\Correction;
-
-use FireflyIII\Console\Commands\ShowsFriendlyMessages;
-use FireflyIII\Support\Models\AccountBalanceCalculator;
-use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-
-/**
- * Class CorrectionSkeleton
- */
-class CorrectAccountBalance extends Command
-{
-    use ShowsFriendlyMessages;
-    protected $description = 'Recalculate all account balance amounts';
-
-    protected $signature   = 'firefly-iii:correct-account-balance';
-
-    public function handle(): int
-    {
-        $this->correctBalanceAmounts();
-
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    private function correctBalanceAmounts(): void
-    {
-        AccountBalanceCalculator::recalculateAll();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/CorrectDatabase.php b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/CorrectDatabase.php
index d5d127b3f2..82750c1a9d 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/CorrectDatabase.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/CorrectDatabase.php
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ class CorrectDatabase extends Command
             'firefly-iii:unify-group-accounts',
             'firefly-iii:trigger-credit-recalculation',
             'firefly-iii:migrate-preferences',
-            'firefly-iii:correct-account-balance',
         ];
         foreach ($commands as $command) {
             $this->friendlyLine(sprintf('Now executing command "%s"', $command));
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/CorrectAccountBalance.php b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/CorrectAccountBalance.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fc946fa49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/CorrectAccountBalance.php
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * CorrectAccountBalance.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 james@firefly-iii.org.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Console\Commands\Upgrade;
+
+use FireflyIII\Console\Commands\ShowsFriendlyMessages;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Models\AccountBalanceCalculator;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+/**
+ * Class CorrectionSkeleton
+ */
+class CorrectAccountBalance extends Command
+{
+    use ShowsFriendlyMessages;
+    public const string CONFIG_NAME = '620_correct_balances';
+    protected $description = 'Recalculate all account balance amounts';
+
+    protected $signature   = 'firefly-iii:correct-account-balance {--F|force : Force the execution of this command.}';
+
+    public function handle(): int
+    {
+        if ($this->isExecuted() && true !== $this->option('force')) {
+            $this->friendlyInfo('This command has already been executed.');
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+        $this->correctBalanceAmounts();
+        $this->markAsExecuted();
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private function correctBalanceAmounts(): void
+    {
+        AccountBalanceCalculator::recalculateAll();
+    }
+    private function isExecuted(): bool
+    {
+        $configVar = app('fireflyconfig')->get(self::CONFIG_NAME, false);
+
+        return (bool)$configVar?->data;
+    }
+
+    private function markAsExecuted(): void
+    {
+        app('fireflyconfig')->set(self::CONFIG_NAME, true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradeDatabase.php b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradeDatabase.php
index 1614dc5c3c..a761b3da33 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradeDatabase.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradeDatabase.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class UpgradeDatabase extends Command
             'firefly-iii:budget-limit-periods',
             'firefly-iii:migrate-rule-actions',
             'firefly-iii:restore-oauth-keys',
+            'firefly-iii:correct-account-balance',
             // also just in case, some integrity commands:
             'firefly-iii:create-group-memberships',
             'firefly-iii:upgrade-group-information',
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/DebugController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/DebugController.php
index 2440e93777..0e7111094d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/DebugController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/DebugController.php
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class DebugController extends Controller
         Artisan::call('view:clear');
 
         // also do some recalculations.
-        Artisan::call('firefly-iii:correct-account-balance');
         Artisan::call('firefly-iii:trigger-credit-recalculation');
 
         try {