diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0102_remove_connector_local.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0102_remove_connector_local.py
index bd0dd920..5deaf32a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/migrations/0102_remove_connector_local.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0102_remove_connector_local.py
@@ -1,6 +1,34 @@
 # Generated by Django 3.2.5 on 2021-09-30 17:46
 
 from django.db import migrations
+from bookwyrm.settings import DOMAIN
+
+
+def remove_self_connector(app_registry, schema_editor):
+    """set the new phsyical format field based on existing format data"""
+    db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
+
+    app_registry.get_model("bookwyrm", "Connector").objects.using(db_alias).filter(
+        local=True
+    ).delete()
+
+
+def reverse(app_registry, schema_editor):
+    """doesn't need to do anything"""
+    db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
+    model = app_registry.get_model("bookwyrm", "Connector")
+    model.objects.using(db_alias).create(
+        identifier=DOMAIN,
+        name="Local",
+        local=True,
+        connector_file="self_connector",
+        base_url=f"https://{DOMAIN}",
+        books_url=f"https://{DOMAIN}/book",
+        covers_url=f"https://{DOMAIN}/images/",
+        search_url=f"https://{DOMAIN}/search?q=",
+        isbn_search_url=f"https://{DOMAIN}/isbn/",
+        priority=1,
+    )
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
@@ -10,6 +38,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     ]
 
     operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(remove_self_connector, reverse),
         migrations.RemoveField(
             model_name="connector",
             name="local",