diff --git a/application/migrations/058_new_options_table.php b/application/migrations/058_new_options_table.php
index 99bc8239..6c888985 100644
--- a/application/migrations/058_new_options_table.php
+++ b/application/migrations/058_new_options_table.php
@@ -11,35 +11,38 @@ class Migration_new_options_table extends CI_Migration {
 
     public function up()
     {
-        $this->dbforge->add_field(array(
-            'option_id' => array(
-                'type' => 'BIGINT',
-                'constraint' => 20,
-                'unsigned' => TRUE,
-                'auto_increment' => TRUE
-            ),
-            
-            'option_name' => array(
-                'type' => 'VARCHAR',
-                'constraint' => '191',
-                'null' => TRUE,
-                'unique' => TRUE,
-            ),
-            
-            'option_value' => array(
-                'type' => 'longtext',
-            ),
-
-            'autoload' => array(
-                'type' => 'varchar',
-                'constraint' => '20',
-                'null' => TRUE,
-            )
-        ));
-
-        $this->dbforge->add_key('option_id', TRUE);
-
-        $this->dbforge->create_table('options');
+        // if table options doesn't exist
+        if (!$this->db->table_exists('options')) {
+            $this->dbforge->add_field(array(
+                'option_id' => array(
+                    'type' => 'BIGINT',
+                    'constraint' => 20,
+                    'unsigned' => TRUE,
+                    'auto_increment' => TRUE
+                ),
+                
+                'option_name' => array(
+                    'type' => 'VARCHAR',
+                    'constraint' => '191',
+                    'null' => TRUE,
+                    'unique' => TRUE,
+                ),
+                
+                'option_value' => array(
+                    'type' => 'longtext',
+                ),
+    
+                'autoload' => array(
+                    'type' => 'varchar',
+                    'constraint' => '20',
+                    'null' => TRUE,
+                )
+            ));
+    
+            $this->dbforge->add_key('option_id', TRUE);
+    
+            $this->dbforge->create_table('options');
+        }
     }
 
     public function down()
diff --git a/application/migrations/102_add_version_two_trigger_to_options.php b/application/migrations/102_add_version_two_trigger_to_options.php
index e0dac738..f1da0867 100644
--- a/application/migrations/102_add_version_two_trigger_to_options.php
+++ b/application/migrations/102_add_version_two_trigger_to_options.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class Migration_add_version_two_trigger_to_options extends CI_Migration {
 
     public function up()
     {
+
         $data = array(
             array('option_name' => "version2_trigger", 'option_value' => "false", 'autoload' => "yes"),
         );
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class Migration_add_version_two_trigger_to_options extends CI_Migration {
         if($query->num_rows() == 0) {
             $this->db->insert_batch('options', $data);
         }
+
     }
 
     public function down()
diff --git a/install/assets/install.sql b/install/assets/install.sql
index 3fccb104..7a918282 100755
--- a/install/assets/install.sql
+++ b/install/assets/install.sql
@@ -296,6 +296,19 @@ CREATE TABLE `TABLE_HRD_CONTACTS_V01` (
 -- Records of TABLE_HRD_CONTACTS_V01
 -- ----------------------------
 
+
+
+CREATE TABLE `options` (
+  `option_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+  `option_name` varchar(191) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `option_value` longtext NOT NULL,
+  `autoload` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_general_ci;
+
+-- 
+-- Dumping data for table `options` that stops the version2 trigger from firing
+INSERT INTO `options` (`option_id`, `option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES (NULL, 'version2_trigger', 'yes', 'true')
+
 -- ----------------------------
 -- Table structure for timezones
 -- ----------------------------