diff --git a/config/constants.php b/config/constants.php
index a7bd0bb7..d3d869c3 100644
--- a/config/constants.php
+++ b/config/constants.php
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ const DEFAULT_QR_CODE_FORMAT = 'png';
 const DEFAULT_QR_CODE_ERROR_CORRECTION = 'l';
 const DEFAULT_QR_CODE_ROUND_BLOCK_SIZE = true;
 const MIN_TASK_WORKERS = 4;
+const MIGRATIONS_TABLE = 'migrations';
diff --git a/migrations.php b/migrations.php
index 306c1c08..78369f6a 100644
--- a/migrations.php
+++ b/migrations.php
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
+use const Shlinkio\Shlink\MIGRATIONS_TABLE;
+
 return [
 
     'migrations_paths' => [
         'ShlinkMigrations' => 'data/migrations',
     ],
     'table_storage' => [
-        'table_name' => 'migrations',
+        'table_name' => MIGRATIONS_TABLE,
     ],
     'custom_template' => 'data/migrations_template.txt',
 
diff --git a/module/CLI/src/Command/Db/CreateDatabaseCommand.php b/module/CLI/src/Command/Db/CreateDatabaseCommand.php
index 4056477e..afc57d1e 100644
--- a/module/CLI/src/Command/Db/CreateDatabaseCommand.php
+++ b/module/CLI/src/Command/Db/CreateDatabaseCommand.php
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ use Symfony\Component\Lock\LockFactory;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpExecutableFinder;
 
 use function Functional\contains;
+use function Functional\filter;
+
+use const Shlinkio\Shlink\MIGRATIONS_TABLE;
 
 class CreateDatabaseCommand extends AbstractDatabaseCommand
 {
@@ -81,8 +84,9 @@ class CreateDatabaseCommand extends AbstractDatabaseCommand
     private function schemaExists(): bool
     {
         // If at least one of the shlink tables exist, we will consider the database exists somehow.
-        // Any inconsistency should be taken care by the migrations
+        // We exclude the migrations table, in case db:migrate was run first by mistake.
+        // Any other inconsistency will be taken care by the migrations.
         $schemaManager = $this->regularConn->createSchemaManager();
-        return ! empty($schemaManager->listTableNames());
+        return ! empty(filter($schemaManager->listTableNames(), fn (string $table) => $table !== MIGRATIONS_TABLE));
     }
 }
diff --git a/module/CLI/test/Command/Db/CreateDatabaseCommandTest.php b/module/CLI/test/Command/Db/CreateDatabaseCommandTest.php
index 65271710..9a5b23d9 100644
--- a/module/CLI/test/Command/Db/CreateDatabaseCommandTest.php
+++ b/module/CLI/test/Command/Db/CreateDatabaseCommandTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester;
 use Symfony\Component\Lock\LockFactory;
 use Symfony\Component\Lock\LockInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpExecutableFinder;
+use const Shlinkio\Shlink\MIGRATIONS_TABLE;
 
 class CreateDatabaseCommandTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ class CreateDatabaseCommandTest extends TestCase
         $listDatabases = $this->schemaManager->listDatabases()->willReturn(['foo', 'bar']);
         $createDatabase = $this->schemaManager->createDatabase($shlinkDatabase)->will(function (): void {
         });
-        $listTables = $this->schemaManager->listTableNames()->willReturn(['foo_table', 'bar_table']);
+        $listTables = $this->schemaManager->listTableNames()->willReturn(['foo_table', 'bar_table', MIGRATIONS_TABLE]);
 
         $this->commandTester->execute([]);
 
@@ -99,15 +100,18 @@ class CreateDatabaseCommandTest extends TestCase
         $listTables->shouldHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     }
 
-    /** @test */
-    public function tablesAreCreatedIfDatabaseIsEmpty(): void
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @dataProvider provideEmptyDatabase
+     */
+    public function tablesAreCreatedIfDatabaseIsEmpty(array $tables): void
     {
         $shlinkDatabase = 'shlink_database';
         $getDatabase = $this->regularConn->getDatabase()->willReturn($shlinkDatabase);
         $listDatabases = $this->schemaManager->listDatabases()->willReturn(['foo', $shlinkDatabase, 'bar']);
         $createDatabase = $this->schemaManager->createDatabase($shlinkDatabase)->will(function (): void {
         });
-        $listTables = $this->schemaManager->listTableNames()->willReturn([]);
+        $listTables = $this->schemaManager->listTableNames()->willReturn($tables);
         $runCommand = $this->processHelper->run(Argument::type(OutputInterface::class), [
             '/usr/local/bin/php',
             CreateDatabaseCommand::DOCTRINE_SCRIPT,
@@ -127,6 +131,12 @@ class CreateDatabaseCommandTest extends TestCase
         $runCommand->shouldHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     }
 
+    public function provideEmptyDatabase(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'no tables' => [[]];
+        yield 'migrations table' => [[MIGRATIONS_TABLE]];
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function databaseCheckIsSkippedForSqlite(): void
     {