diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/peristence/v1/server/migration/MigrationService.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/peristence/v1/server/migration/MigrationService.java
index 568b6e824..05f5c1388 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/peristence/v1/server/migration/MigrationService.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/peristence/v1/server/migration/MigrationService.java
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ public class MigrationService {
                 .findFirst();
 
         if(!versionOptional.isPresent()){
-            throw new MigrationException("Unable to find version");
+            log.warn("no rules version found for dossier template {}", dossierTemplateId);
+            return;
         }
         var version = versionOptional
                 .get()
@@ -670,7 +671,7 @@ public class MigrationService {
                     break;
                 case REPROCESS:
                     if (oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus() != null) {
-                        workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
+                        workflowStatus = oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().equals(Status.UNASSIGNED) ? WorkflowStatus.NEW : WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
                         processingStatus = ProcessingStatus.REPROCESS;
                     } else {
                         workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.NEW;
@@ -679,7 +680,7 @@ public class MigrationService {
                     break;
                 case PROCESSING:
                     if (oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus() != null) {
-                        workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
+                        workflowStatus = oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().equals(Status.UNASSIGNED) ? WorkflowStatus.NEW : WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
                         processingStatus = ProcessingStatus.PROCESSING;
                     } else {
                         workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.NEW;
@@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ public class MigrationService {
                     break;
                 case ERROR:
                     if (oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus() != null) {
-                        workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
+                        workflowStatus = oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().equals(Status.UNASSIGNED) ? WorkflowStatus.NEW : WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
                         processingStatus = ProcessingStatus.ERROR;
                     } else {
                         workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.NEW;
@@ -697,7 +698,7 @@ public class MigrationService {
                     break;
                 case DELETED:
                     if (oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus() != null) {
-                        workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
+                        workflowStatus = oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().equals(Status.UNASSIGNED) ? WorkflowStatus.NEW : WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
                         processingStatus = ProcessingStatus.DELETED;
                     } else {
                         workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.NEW;
@@ -722,7 +723,7 @@ public class MigrationService {
                     break;
                 case FULLREPROCESS:
                     if (oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus() != null) {
-                        workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
+                        workflowStatus = oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().equals(Status.UNASSIGNED) ? WorkflowStatus.NEW : WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
                         processingStatus = ProcessingStatus.FULLREPROCESS;
                     } else {
                         workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.NEW;
@@ -731,7 +732,7 @@ public class MigrationService {
                     break;
                 case OCR_PROCESSING:
                     if (oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus() != null) {
-                        workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
+                        workflowStatus = oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().equals(Status.UNASSIGNED) ? WorkflowStatus.NEW : WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
                         processingStatus = ProcessingStatus.OCR_PROCESSING;
                     } else {
                         workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.NEW;
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ public class MigrationService {
                     break;
                 case INDEXING:
                     if (oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus() != null) {
-                        workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
+                        workflowStatus = oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().equals(Status.UNASSIGNED) ? WorkflowStatus.NEW : WorkflowStatus.valueOf(oldFile.getLastSuccessfulStatus().name());
                         processingStatus = ProcessingStatus.INDEXING;
                     } else {
                         workflowStatus = WorkflowStatus.NEW;