diff --git a/db/migrate/20190731114016_change_importer_and_exporter_to_polymorphic.rb b/db/migrate/20190731114016_change_importer_and_exporter_to_polymorphic.rb
index a409f2d9..8fb5b9b0 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20190731114016_change_importer_and_exporter_to_polymorphic.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20190731114016_change_importer_and_exporter_to_polymorphic.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ class Entry < ApplicationRecord
 
 class ChangeImporterAndExporterToPolymorphic < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.1]
   def change
-    remove_foreign_key :bulkrax_entries, column: :importer_id if foreign_key_exists?(:bulkrax_entries, column: :importer_id)
+    begin # deal with odd bug around foreign keys in ci
+      remove_foreign_key :bulkrax_entries, column: :importer_id if foreign_key_exists?(:bulkrax_entries, column: :importer_id)
+    rescue ArgumentError
+      # do nothing
+    end
+
     remove_index :bulkrax_entries, :importer_id if index_exists?(:bulkrax_entries, :importer_id)
     rename_column :bulkrax_entries, :importer_id, :importerexporter_id if column_exists?(:bulkrax_entries, :importer_id)
     add_column :bulkrax_entries, :importerexporter_type, :string, after: :id, default: 'Bulkrax::Importer' unless column_exists?(:bulkrax_entries, :importerexporter_type)