diff --git a/migrations/0014__change_audit_log_id.sql b/migrations/0014__change_audit_log_id.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c553ecfd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0014__change_audit_log_id.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+CREATE TABLE `audit_log_mig` (
+	`id`	TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+	`date_modified`	INTEGER NOT NULL,
+	`category`	TEXT NOT NULL,
+	`browser_id`	TEXT,
+	`note_id`	TEXT,
+	`change_from`	TEXT,
+	`change_to`	TEXT,
+	`comment`	TEXT
+);
+
+INSERT INTO audit_log_mig (id, date_modified, category, browser_id, note_id, change_from, change_to)
+    SELECT id, date_modified, category, browser_id, note_id, change_from, change_to FROM audit_log;
+
+DROP TABLE audit_log;
+ALTER TABLE audit_log_mig RENAME TO audit_log;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/javascripts/tree.js b/public/javascripts/tree.js
index 40c629a98..a5d1e6906 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/tree.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/tree.js
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ setInterval(() => {
                 // if the user got logged out then we should display the page
                 // here we do that by reloading which will force the redirect if the user is really logged out
                 window.location.reload(true);
+            },
+            409: () => {
+                // 409 means we need to migrate database, reload will take care of it
+                window.location.reload(true);
             }
         }
     });
diff --git a/services/migration.js b/services/migration.js
index 7b3564a50..01126d09e 100644
--- a/services/migration.js
+++ b/services/migration.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const sql = require('./sql');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const log = require('./log');
 
-const APP_DB_VERSION = 13;
+const APP_DB_VERSION = 14;
 const MIGRATIONS_DIR = "./migrations";
 
 async function migrate() {
diff --git a/services/sync.js b/services/sync.js
index 6059a218b..217c384ae 100644
--- a/services/sync.js
+++ b/services/sync.js
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ async function putChanged(changed) {
     }
 
     for (const audit of changed.audit_log) {
-        delete audit['id'];
-
         await sql.insert("audit_log", audit, true);
 
         log.info("Update/sync audit_log for noteId=" + audit.note_id);