diff --git a/ct/actualbudget.sh b/ct/actualbudget.sh
index 57bf79aa9..5430c5cc1 100644
--- a/ct/actualbudget.sh
+++ b/ct/actualbudget.sh
@@ -45,88 +45,15 @@ function update_script() {
       msg_info "Starting ${APP}"
       systemctl start actualbudget
       msg_ok "Restarted ${APP}"
+    else
+      msg_info "${APP} is already up to date"
     fi
   else
-    msg_info "Performing full migration to npm-based version (${RELEASE})"
-    mv /opt/actualbudget /opt/actualbudget_bak
-    for dir in server-files .migrate user-files migrations; do
-      if [[ -d /opt/actualbudget_bak/$dir ]]; then
-        mv /opt/actualbudget_bak/$dir/* /opt/actualbudget-data/$dir/ || true
-      fi
-    done
-    if [[ -f /opt/actualbudget-data/migrate/.migrations ]]; then
-      sed -i 's/null/1732656575219/g' /opt/actualbudget-data/migrate/.migrations
-      sed -i 's/null/1732656575220/g' /opt/actualbudget-data/migrate/.migrations
-    fi
-    if [[ -f /opt/actualbudget/server-files/account.sqlite ]] && [[ ! -f /opt/actualbudget-data/server-files/account.sqlite ]]; then
-      mv /opt/actualbudget/server-files/account.sqlite /opt/actualbudget-data/server-files/account.sqlite
-    fi
-    systemctl stop actualbudget
-    rm -rf /opt/actualbudget
-    rm -rf /opt/actualbudget_bak
-    mkdir -p /opt/actualbudget
-    cd /opt/actualbudget
-    $STD npm install --location=global @actual-app/sync-server
-
-    mkdir -p /opt/actualbudget-data/{server-files,user-files}
-    chown -R root:root /opt/actualbudget-data
-    chmod -R 755 /opt/actualbudget-data
-    cat <<EOF >/opt/actualbudget-data/config.json
-{
-  "port": 5006,
-  "hostname": "::",
-  "serverFiles": "/opt/actualbudget-data/server-files",
-  "userFiles": "/opt/actualbudget-data/user-files",
-  "trustedProxies": [
-    "10.0.0.0/8",
-    "172.16.0.0/12",
-    "192.168.0.0/16",
-    "127.0.0.1/32",
-    "::1/128",
-    "fc00::/7"
-  ],
-  "https": {
-    "key": "/opt/actualbudget/selfhost.key",
-    "cert": "/opt/actualbudget/selfhost.crt"
-  }
-}
-EOF
-
-    if [[ ! -f /opt/actualbudget/selfhost.key ]]; then
-      openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \
-        -keyout /opt/actualbudget/selfhost.key \
-        -out /opt/actualbudget/selfhost.crt \
-        -subj "/C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=My Organization/OU=My Unit/CN=localhost/emailAddress=myemail@example.com"
-    fi
-    cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/actualbudget.service
-[Unit]
-Description=Actual Budget Service
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-User=root
-Group=root
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/actualbudget
-Environment=ACTUAL_UPLOAD_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=20
-Environment=ACTUAL_UPLOAD_SYNC_ENCRYPTED_FILE_SYNC_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=50
-Environment=ACTUAL_UPLOAD_FILE_SYNC_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=20
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/actual-server --config /opt/actualbudget-data/config.json
-Restart=always
-RestartSec=10
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-EOF
-
-    echo "${RELEASE}" >/opt/actualbudget_version.txt
-    $STD systemctl daemon-reload
-    systemctl enable actualbudget
-    systemctl start actualbudget
-    msg_ok "Migrated and started ${APP} ${RELEASE}"
+    msg_info "Old Installation Found, you need to migrate your data and recreate to a new container"
+    msg_info "Please follow the instructions on the ${APP} website to migrate your data"
+    msg_info "https://actualbudget.org/docs/backup-restore/backup"
+    exit 1
   fi
-
-  msg_ok "Update done"
   exit
 }