diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index a817eb10..dc6bb147 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import SlackAgent from '@server/lib/notifications/agents/slack';
 import TelegramAgent from '@server/lib/notifications/agents/telegram';
 import WebhookAgent from '@server/lib/notifications/agents/webhook';
 import WebPushAgent from '@server/lib/notifications/agents/webpush';
+import checkOverseerrMerge from '@server/lib/overseerrMerge';
 import { getSettings } from '@server/lib/settings';
 import logger from '@server/logger';
 import clearCookies from '@server/middleware/clearcookies';
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ app
   .then(async () => {
     const dbConnection = await dataSource.initialize();
 
+    // Run Overseerr to Seerr migration
+    await checkOverseerrMerge(dbConnection);
+
     // Run migrations in production
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
       if (isPgsql) {
diff --git a/server/lib/overseerrMerge.ts b/server/lib/overseerrMerge.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fca25b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/lib/overseerrMerge.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { MediaServerType } from '@server/constants/server';
+import { getRepository } from '@server/datasource';
+import Media from '@server/entity/Media';
+import Settings from '@server/lib/settings';
+import logger from '@server/logger';
+import type { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
+
+const checkOverseerrMerge = async (dbConnection: DataSource) => {
+  // Load settings without running migrations
+  const settings = await new Settings().load(undefined, true);
+
+  if (settings.main.mediaServerType) {
+    return; // The application has already been migrated
+  }
+
+  // Add fake migration record to prevent running migrations again
+  try {
+    await dbConnection.query(
+      `INSERT INTO migrations (timestamp,name) VALUES (1743023610704, 'UpdateWebPush1743023610704')`
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error(
+      'Failed to insert migration record for UpdateWebPush1743023610704',
+      {
+        label: 'Seerr Migration',
+        message: error.message,
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Set media server type to Plex (default for Overseerr)
+  settings.main.mediaServerType = MediaServerType.PLEX;
+
+  // Replace default Overseerr values with Seerr values
+  if (settings.main.applicationTitle === 'Overseerr') {
+    settings.main.applicationTitle = 'Seerr';
+  }
+  if (settings.notifications.agents.email.options.senderName === 'Overseerr') {
+    settings.notifications.agents.email.options.senderName = 'Seerr';
+  }
+
+  // MediaStatus.Blacklisted was added before MediaStatus.Deleted in Jellyseerr
+  try {
+    const mediaRepository = getRepository(Media);
+    const mediaToUpdate = await mediaRepository.find({ where: { status: 6 } });
+    for (const media of mediaToUpdate) {
+      media.status = 7;
+      await mediaRepository.save(media);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Failed to update Media status from Blacklisted to Deleted', {
+      label: 'Seerr Migration',
+      message: error.message,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Save updated settings
+  try {
+    await settings.save();
+    logger.info('Successfully migrated Overseerr to Seerr', {
+      label: 'Seerr Migration',
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Failed to save updated settings after Overseerr migration', {
+      label: 'Seerr Migration',
+      message: error.message,
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+export default checkOverseerrMerge;
diff --git a/server/lib/settings/index.ts b/server/lib/settings/index.ts
index 2491577d..64de550a 100644
--- a/server/lib/settings/index.ts
+++ b/server/lib/settings/index.ts
@@ -764,9 +764,13 @@ class Settings {
    * This will load settings from file unless an optional argument of the object structure
    * is passed in.
    * @param overrideSettings If passed in, will override all existing settings with these
+   * @param skipMigrations If true, will skip running migrations on the loaded settings
    * values
    */
-  public async load(overrideSettings?: AllSettings): Promise<Settings> {
+  public async load(
+    overrideSettings?: AllSettings,
+    raw = false
+  ): Promise<Settings> {
     if (overrideSettings) {
       this.data = overrideSettings;
       return this;
@@ -779,10 +783,12 @@ class Settings {
       await this.save();
     }
 
-    if (data) {
+    if (data && !raw) {
       const parsedJson = JSON.parse(data);
       const migratedData = await runMigrations(parsedJson, SETTINGS_PATH);
       this.data = merge(this.data, migratedData);
+    } else if (data) {
+      this.data = JSON.parse(data);
     }
 
     // generate keys and ids if it's missing
diff --git a/server/lib/settings/migrations/0000_overseerr_merge.ts b/server/lib/settings/migrations/0000_overseerr_merge.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 302ae2a9..00000000
--- a/server/lib/settings/migrations/0000_overseerr_merge.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { MediaServerType } from '@server/constants/server';
-import type { AllSettings } from '@server/lib/settings';
-
-import { getRepository } from '@server/datasource';
-import Media from '@server/entity/Media';
-
-const overseerrMerge = async (settings: any): Promise<AllSettings> => {
-  if (settings.main.mediaServerType) {
-    return settings; // already migrated
-  }
-  const newSettings = { ...settings };
-  newSettings.main.mediaServerType = MediaServerType.PLEX;
-
-  // New name
-  newSettings.main.applicationTitle = 'Seerr';
-  newSettings.notifications.agents.email.options.senderName = 'Seerr';
-
-  // MediaStatus.Blacklisted was added before MediaStatus.Deleted in Jellyseerr
-  const mediaRepository = getRepository(Media);
-  const mediaToUpdate = await mediaRepository.find({ where: { status: 6 } });
-
-  for (const media of mediaToUpdate) {
-    media.status = 7;
-    await mediaRepository.save(media);
-  }
-
-  return newSettings;
-};
-
-export default overseerrMerge;