diff --git a/src/pages/api/migrate.ts b/src/pages/api/migrate.ts
index c2aaba65b..379b7c724 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/migrate.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/migrate.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import { backendMigrateConfig } from '../../tools/config/backendMigrateConfig';
 
 export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
-  // Get all the configs in the /data/configs folder
-  const configs = fs.readdirSync('./data/configs');
+  // Gets all the config files
+  const configs = fs.readdirSync('./data/configs').filter((file) => file.endsWith('.json'));
   // If there is no config, redirect to the index
   configs.every((config) => {
     const configData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`./data/configs/${config}`, 'utf8'));
diff --git a/src/pages/index.tsx b/src/pages/index.tsx
index d68cf541c..961e6f9e7 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/index.tsx
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ export async function getServerSideProps({
   res,
   locale,
 }: GetServerSidePropsContext): Promise<{ props: DashboardServerSideProps }> {
-  // Check that all the json files in the /data/configs folder are migrated
-  // If not, redirect to the migrate page
-  const configs = await fs.readdirSync('./data/configs');
+    // Get all the configs in the /data/configs folder
+  // All the files that end in ".json"
+  const configs = fs.readdirSync('./data/configs').filter((file) => file.endsWith('.json'));
+
   if (
     !configs.every(
       (config) => JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`./data/configs/${config}`, 'utf8')).schemaVersion
diff --git a/src/pages/migrate.tsx b/src/pages/migrate.tsx
index 6fa046e9b..f38a8dd3c 100644
--- a/src/pages/migrate.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/migrate.tsx
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ function SwitchToggle() {
 
 export async function getServerSideProps({ req, res, locale }: GetServerSidePropsContext) {
   // Get all the configs in the /data/configs folder
-  const configs = fs.readdirSync('./data/configs');
+  // All the files that end in ".json"
+  const configs = fs.readdirSync('./data/configs').filter((file) => file.endsWith('.json'));
+
   if (configs.length === 0) {
     res.writeHead(302, {
       Location: '/',
diff --git a/src/tools/config/backendMigrateConfig.ts b/src/tools/config/backendMigrateConfig.ts
index 54bb55693..dc311e5e3 100644
--- a/src/tools/config/backendMigrateConfig.ts
+++ b/src/tools/config/backendMigrateConfig.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import { migrateConfig } from './migrateConfig';
 export function backendMigrateConfig(config: Config, name: string): ConfigType {
   const migratedConfig = migrateConfig(config);
 
+  // Make a backup of the old file ./data/configs/${name}.json
+  // New name is ./data/configs/${name}.bak
+  fs.copyFileSync(`./data/configs/${name}.json`, `./data/configs/${name}.json.bak`);
+
   // Overrite the file ./data/configs/${name}.json
   // with the new config format
   fs.writeFileSync(`./data/configs/${name}.json`, JSON.stringify(migratedConfig, null, 2));