diff --git a/creator-node/src/index.ts b/creator-node/src/index.ts
index 4cefbb923ff..f0967ef1063 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/creator-node/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const { Keypair } = require('@solana/web3.js')
 const initializeApp = require('./app')
 const config = require('./config')
 const { sequelize } = require('./models')
-const { runMigrations } = require('./migrationManager')
+const { runMigrations, clearRunningQueries } = require('./migrationManager')
 const { logger } = require('./logging')
 const { serviceRegistry } = require('./serviceRegistry')
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const runDBMigrations = async () => {
 
 const connectToDBAndRunMigrations = async () => {
   await verifyDBConnection()
+  await clearRunningQueries()
   await runDBMigrations()
 }
 
diff --git a/creator-node/src/migrationManager.js b/creator-node/src/migrationManager.js
index 8d143c2cc72..507baa98644 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/migrationManager.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/migrationManager.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const Umzug = require('umzug')
 const path = require('path')
 
 const { sequelize } = require('./models')
+const { logger } = require('./logging')
 
 async function runMigrations() {
   const umzug = new Umzug({
@@ -26,4 +27,27 @@ async function clearDatabase() {
   await sequelize.query('CREATE SCHEMA public')
 }
 
-module.exports = { runMigrations, clearDatabase }
+async function clearRunningQueries() {
+  logger.info(`Clearing running db queries...`)
+  try {
+    await sequelize.query(`
+    BEGIN;
+        SELECT
+            pg_cancel_backend(pid),
+            pid,
+            state,
+            age(clock_timestamp(), query_start),
+            substring(trim(regexp_replace(query, '\\s+', ' ', 'g')) from 1 for 200)
+        FROM pg_stat_activity
+        WHERE state != 'idle' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
+        ORDER BY query_start DESC;
+    COMMIT;
+  `)
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.error(
+      `Error running clearRunningQueries: ${e.message}. Continuing with content node setup`
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { runMigrations, clearDatabase, clearRunningQueries }