diff --git a/lib/plausible/data_migration/populate_event_session_columns.ex b/lib/plausible/data_migration/populate_event_session_columns.ex
index 659ca8c83186..b5c68e7c495e 100644
--- a/lib/plausible/data_migration/populate_event_session_columns.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible/data_migration/populate_event_session_columns.ex
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.DataMigration.PopulateEventSessionColumns do
   }
 
   def run(opts \\ []) do
-    cluster? = Plausible.MigrationUtils.clustered_table?("sessions_v2")
+    cluster? = Plausible.MigrationUtils.cluster_name()
 
     {:ok, _} =
       run_sql("create-sessions-dictionary",
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.DataMigration.PopulateEventSessionColumns do
   end
 
   def kill(opts \\ []) do
-    cluster? = Plausible.MigrationUtils.clustered_table?("events_v2")
+    cluster? = Plausible.MigrationUtils.cluster_name()
 
     report_progress(opts)
 
diff --git a/lib/plausible/data_migration/versioned_sessions.ex b/lib/plausible/data_migration/versioned_sessions.ex
index 09ece08bafc7..7369e44a899f 100644
--- a/lib/plausible/data_migration/versioned_sessions.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible/data_migration/versioned_sessions.ex
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.DataMigration.VersionedSessions do
 
     unique_suffix = Timex.now() |> Timex.format!(@suffix_format)
 
-    cluster? = Plausible.MigrationUtils.clustered_table?("sessions_v2")
+    cluster? = Plausible.MigrationUtils.cluster_name()
 
     cluster_name =
       if cluster? do
diff --git a/lib/plausible/migration_utils.ex b/lib/plausible/migration_utils.ex
index cfe3d729660c..4940ddd023d0 100644
--- a/lib/plausible/migration_utils.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible/migration_utils.ex
@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@ defmodule Plausible.MigrationUtils do
   Base module for to use in Clickhouse migrations
   """
 
-  def on_cluster_statement(table) do
-    if(clustered_table?(table), do: "ON CLUSTER '#{cluster_name()}'", else: "")
-  end
-
-  def clustered_table?(table) do
-    case Plausible.IngestRepo.query("SELECT 1 FROM system.replicas WHERE table = '#{table}'") do
-      {:ok, %{rows: []}} -> false
-      {:ok, _} -> true
+  def on_cluster_statement(_table) do
+    case cluster_name() do
+      {:ok, cluster} -> "ON CLUSTER '#{cluster}'"
+      _ -> ""
     end
   end
 
   def cluster_name do
-    case Plausible.IngestRepo.query(
-           "SELECT cluster FROM system.clusters where cluster = '#{Plausible.IngestRepo.config()[:database]}' limit 1;"
-         ) do
-      {:ok, %{rows: [[cluster]]}} -> cluster
-      {:ok, _} -> raise "No cluster defined."
-      {:error, _} -> raise "Cluster not found"
+    try do
+      case Plausible.IngestRepo.query(
+             "SELECT cluster FROM system.clusters where cluster = '#{Plausible.IngestRepo.config()[:database]}' limit 1;"
+           ) do
+        {:ok, %{rows: [[cluster]]}} -> cluster
+        {:ok, _} -> false
+        {:error, _} -> false
+      end
+    rescue
+      _ -> false
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/priv/ingest_repo/migrations/20240423094014_add_imported_custom_events.exs b/priv/ingest_repo/migrations/20240423094014_add_imported_custom_events.exs
index 501be9a4cc02..6a76f8167d29 100644
--- a/priv/ingest_repo/migrations/20240423094014_add_imported_custom_events.exs
+++ b/priv/ingest_repo/migrations/20240423094014_add_imported_custom_events.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.IngestRepo.Migrations.AddImportedCustomEvents do
   def change do
     # NOTE: Using another table for determining cluster presence
     on_cluster = Plausible.MigrationUtils.on_cluster_statement("imported_pages")
-    cluster? = Plausible.MigrationUtils.clustered_table?("imported_pages")
+    cluster? = Plausible.MigrationUtils.cluster_name()
 
     cluster_name =
       if cluster? do
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.IngestRepo.Migrations.AddImportedCustomEvents do
       end
 
     settings =
-      if Plausible.MigrationUtils.clustered_table?("imported_pages") do
+      if Plausible.MigrationUtils.cluster_name() do
         """
         ENGINE = ReplicatedMergeTree('/clickhouse/#{cluster_name}/tables/{shard}/{database}/imported_custom_events', '{replica}')
         ORDER BY (site_id, import_id, date, name)