diff --git a/backend/src/app.module.ts b/backend/src/app.module.ts
index 02416dd57..170d2a012 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.module.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { WebsocketModule } from './realtime/websocket/websocket.module';
 import { RevisionsModule } from './revisions/revisions.module';
 import { SessionModule } from './sessions/session.module';
 import { UsersModule } from './users/users.module';
+import { detectTsNode } from './utils/detectTsNode';
 
 const routes: Routes = [
   {
@@ -70,7 +71,11 @@ const routes: Routes = [
           autoLoadEntities: true,
           logging: true,
           logger: logger,
-          migrations: [`**/migrations/${databaseConfig.type}-*{.ts,.js}`],
+          migrations: [
+            `**/migrations/${databaseConfig.type}-*.${
+              detectTsNode() ? 'ts' : 'js'
+            }`,
+          ],
           migrationsRun: true,
         };
       },
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/detectTsNode.ts b/backend/src/utils/detectTsNode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e866ae1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/utils/detectTsNode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Martin Adámek
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Stolen from https://github.com/mikro-orm/mikro-orm/blob/20179ec839def5f8144e56f3a6bc89131f7e72a4/packages/core/src/utils/Utils.ts#L689
+ */
+export function detectTsNode(): boolean {
+  return (
+    process.argv[0].endsWith('ts-node') || // running via ts-node directly
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+    // @ts-ignore TS7053
+    !!process[Symbol.for('ts-node.register.instance')] || // check if internal ts-node symbol exists
+    !!process.env.TS_JEST || // check if ts-jest is used (works only with v27.0.4+)
+    process.argv.slice(1).some((arg) => arg.includes('ts-node')) || // registering ts-node runner
+    (require.extensions && !!require.extensions['.ts'])
+  ); // check if the extension is registered
+}