diff --git a/database/migrations/2015_11_05_183749_add_image_to_assets.php b/database/migrations/2015_11_05_183749_add_image_to_assets.php
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+++ b/database/migrations/2015_11_05_183749_add_image_to_assets.php
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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+class AddImageToAssets extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+
+        /**
+         * This had to be changed back in time :(
+         *
+         * This migration was named stupidly in 2015, and we're now seeing weird namespace errors
+         * popping up in 2023, likely due to different laravel or PHP versions. This migration will run again on
+         * more updated systems, since the name of the migration has changed and therefore will look "new" to the
+         * migrations table/migration system, which is why we need to check if the
+         * field already exists. Thanks, I hate it. - snipe
+         */
+        Schema::table('assets', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            if (!Schema::hasColumn('assets', 'image')) {
+                $table->text('image')->after('notes')->nullable()->default(null);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+
+       /**
+        * I'm leaving this one out, since it could destroy data that was already long-existing. 
+        */
+    }
+}
diff --git a/database/migrations/2015_11_05_183749_image.php b/database/migrations/2015_11_05_183749_image.php
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-<?php
-
-use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
-use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
-
-class Image extends Migration
-{
-    /**
-     * Run the migrations.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function up()
-    {
-        Schema::table('assets', function (Blueprint $table) {
-            $table->text('image')->after('notes')->nullable()->default(null);
-            //
-        });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reverse the migrations.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function down()
-    {
-        Schema::table('assets', function ($table) {
-            $table->dropColumn('image');
-        });
-    }
-}