diff --git a/migrations/00000000000000-bootstrap-legacy-collections.mjs b/migrations/00000000000000-bootstrap-legacy-collections.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4a4d9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/00000000000000-bootstrap-legacy-collections.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { up as createEvents } from './create-events.mjs';
+import { up as createSubmissions } from './create-submissions.mjs';
+import { up as createTeams } from './create-teams.mjs';
+import { up as createUserToEvents } from './create-userToEvents.mjs';
+import { up as createUsers } from './create-users.mjs';
+
+export async function up(db) {
+  await createUsers(db);
+  await createEvents(db);
+  await createSubmissions(db);
+  await createTeams(db);
+  await createUserToEvents(db);
+}
+
+export async function down() {}
diff --git a/migrations/create-events.mjs b/migrations/create-events.mjs
index b7cc8922..b0dd2ad1 100644
--- a/migrations/create-events.mjs
+++ b/migrations/create-events.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export async function up(db) {
+  if (await db.listCollections({ name: 'events' }).hasNext()) return;
+
   await db.createCollection('events', {
     validator: {
       $jsonSchema: {
diff --git a/migrations/create-submissions.mjs b/migrations/create-submissions.mjs
index aff98a22..57b3dc6c 100644
--- a/migrations/create-submissions.mjs
+++ b/migrations/create-submissions.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export async function up(db) {
+  if (await db.listCollections({ name: 'submissions' }).hasNext()) return;
+
   await db.createCollection('submissions', {
     validator: {
       $jsonSchema: {
diff --git a/migrations/create-teams.mjs b/migrations/create-teams.mjs
index 330eb2ec..475f0fff 100644
--- a/migrations/create-teams.mjs
+++ b/migrations/create-teams.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dataPath, 'utf8'));
 const tracks = [...new Set(data.tracks)];
 
 export async function up(db) {
+  if (await db.listCollections({ name: 'teams' }).hasNext()) return;
+
   await db.createCollection('teams', {
     validator: {
       $jsonSchema: {
diff --git a/migrations/create-userToEvents.mjs b/migrations/create-userToEvents.mjs
index 0917ed75..aa4c2fbe 100644
--- a/migrations/create-userToEvents.mjs
+++ b/migrations/create-userToEvents.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export async function up(db) {
+  if (await db.listCollections({ name: 'userToEvents' }).hasNext()) return;
+
   await db.createCollection('userToEvents', {
     validator: {
       $jsonSchema: {
diff --git a/migrations/create-users.mjs b/migrations/create-users.mjs
index fbd842c1..96f8439c 100644
--- a/migrations/create-users.mjs
+++ b/migrations/create-users.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dataPath, 'utf8'));
 const domains = [...new Set(data.domains)];
 
 export async function up(db) {
+  if (await db.listCollections({ name: 'users' }).hasNext()) return;
+
   await db.createCollection('users', {
     validator: {
       $jsonSchema: {
diff --git a/scripts/generateData.mjs b/scripts/generateData.mjs
index 23ebbe01..37875d04 100644
--- a/scripts/generateData.mjs
+++ b/scripts/generateData.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import data from '../app/_data/db_validation_data.json' with { type: 'json' };
 
 const specialties = [...new Set(data.domains)];
 const tracks = [...new Set(data.tracks)];
+const panelTracks = [...new Set(data.panelTracks)];
 
 function shuffleSpecialties(specialties) {
   const shuffledSpecialties = [...specialties];
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ function generateData(collectionName, numDocuments, existingData = {}) {
       };
     });
   } else if (collectionName === 'panels') {
-    const trackNames = tracks;
+    const trackNames = panelTracks;
 
     const trackTypes = trackNames.reduce((acc, trackName) => {
       acc[trackName] = faker.helpers.arrayElement(specialties);