diff --git a/admin/migrate.php b/admin/migrate.php
index be18fae..decd768 100644
--- a/admin/migrate.php
+++ b/admin/migrate.php
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ $rows = pg_fetch_all($qresp);
 
 $migrations = array(
     "20240218-AddMigrationsTable-40641e8d",
-    "20240218-AddMarkReadOption-a7e43358"
+    "20240218-AddMarkReadOption-a7e43358",
+    "20240218-AddFalsesToPrivRead-67d82b18"
 );
 
 foreach ($migrations as $mig) {
+    trigger_error($rows);
+    foreach ($rows as $row) {
+        trigger_error("$row");
+    }
     if (!in_array($mig, $rows)) {
         include "../migrations/{$mig}.php";
     }
diff --git a/migrations/20240218-AddFalsesToPrivRead-67d82b18.php b/migrations/20240218-AddFalsesToPrivRead-67d82b18.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2ba537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20240218-AddFalsesToPrivRead-67d82b18.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+// ensure already private messages still get shown
+
+$query = "
+UPDATE TABLE data
+SET isprivread = False
+WHERE ispublic = False;
+";
+
+pg_query($db, $query);
+
+$dataArray = array(
+    "id" => "20240218-AddFalsesToPrivRead-67d82b18"
+);
+
+pg_insert($db, "migrations", $dataArray);
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file