diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/migrations_pg/20260415000000_gateways_ports_check.sql b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/migrations_pg/20260415000000_gateways_ports_check.sql
index f506b093f5..e521cb2aa5 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/migrations_pg/20260415000000_gateways_ports_check.sql
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/migrations_pg/20260415000000_gateways_ports_check.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ UPDATE gateways
 SET ports_check = (last_probe_result::jsonb -> 'ports_check')
 WHERE last_probe_result IS NOT NULL
   AND btrim(last_probe_result) <> ''
-  AND last_probe_result ~ '^[\[{]'
   AND last_probe_result::jsonb ? 'ports_check'
   AND ports_check IS NULL;
 
@@ -12,5 +11,4 @@ UPDATE gateways
 SET last_probe_result = (last_probe_result::jsonb - 'ports_check')::text
 WHERE last_probe_result IS NOT NULL
   AND btrim(last_probe_result) <> ''
-  AND last_probe_result ~ '^[\[{]'
   AND last_probe_result::jsonb ? 'ports_check';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/migrations_pg/20260519133000_gateways_ports_check_json_guard.sql b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/migrations_pg/20260519133000_gateways_ports_check_json_guard.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcdb3b4b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/migrations_pg/20260519133000_gateways_ports_check_json_guard.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+UPDATE gateways
+SET ports_check = (last_probe_result::jsonb -> 'ports_check')
+WHERE last_probe_result IS NOT NULL
+  AND btrim(last_probe_result) <> ''
+  AND last_probe_result ~ '^[\[{]'
+  AND last_probe_result::jsonb ? 'ports_check'
+  AND ports_check IS NULL;
+
+UPDATE gateways
+SET last_probe_result = (last_probe_result::jsonb - 'ports_check')::text
+WHERE last_probe_result IS NOT NULL
+  AND btrim(last_probe_result) <> ''
+  AND last_probe_result ~ '^[\[{]'
+  AND last_probe_result::jsonb ? 'ports_check';