diff --git a/js/modules/migrations/migrations_0_database_with_attachment_data.js b/js/modules/migrations/migrations_0_database_with_attachment_data.js
index 45fc11505..6f8f99079 100644
--- a/js/modules/migrations/migrations_0_database_with_attachment_data.js
+++ b/js/modules/migrations/migrations_0_database_with_attachment_data.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-const isFunction = require('lodash/isFunction');
-const isObject = require('lodash/isObject');
+const { runMigrations } = require('./run_migrations');
 
 
 // IMPORTANT: The migrations below are run on a database that may be very large
@@ -147,20 +146,5 @@ const database = {
   migrations,
 };
 
-exports.run = ({ Backbone } = {}) => {
-  if (!isObject(Backbone) || !isObject(Backbone.Collection) ||
-      !isFunction(Backbone.Collection.extend)) {
-    throw new TypeError('"Backbone" is required');
-  }
-
-  const migrationCollection = new (Backbone.Collection.extend({
-    database,
-    storeName: 'conversations',
-  }))();
-
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    // NOTE: This `then` refers to a jQuery `Deferred`:
-    // eslint-disable-next-line more/no-then
-    migrationCollection.fetch().then(() => resolve());
-  });
-};
+exports.run = ({ Backbone } = {}) =>
+  runMigrations({ Backbone, database });
diff --git a/js/modules/migrations/run_migrations.js b/js/modules/migrations/run_migrations.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdd26dd97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/modules/migrations/run_migrations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const isFunction = require('lodash/isFunction');
+const isObject = require('lodash/isObject');
+const isString = require('lodash/isString');
+
+
+exports.runMigrations = ({ Backbone, database } = {}) => {
+  if (!isObject(Backbone) || !isObject(Backbone.Collection) ||
+      !isFunction(Backbone.Collection.extend)) {
+    throw new TypeError('"Backbone" is required');
+  }
+
+  if (!isObject(database) || !isString(database.id) ||
+      !Array.isArray(database.migrations)) {
+    throw new TypeError('"database" is required');
+  }
+
+  const migrationCollection = new (Backbone.Collection.extend({
+    database,
+    storeName: 'items',
+  }))();
+
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    // NOTE: This `then` refers to a jQuery `Deferred`:
+    // eslint-disable-next-line more/no-then
+    migrationCollection.fetch().then(() => resolve());
+  });
+};