diff --git a/server/src/core/server/services/migrate/migrations/1579189174931_create_sites.ts b/server/src/core/server/services/migrate/migrations/1579189174931_create_sites.ts
index f9ceeb913b..2c71d230b7 100644
--- a/server/src/core/server/services/migrate/migrations/1579189174931_create_sites.ts
+++ b/server/src/core/server/services/migrate/migrations/1579189174931_create_sites.ts
@@ -191,10 +191,12 @@ export default class extends Migration {
 
       // Push the update and process it if we need to.
       await batch.add(
-        // Find the story by ID.
         { id: doc._id },
         // Dotize set the action counts on the story.
-        { $set: dotize(encodedActionCounts) }
+        {
+          filter: { id: doc._id },
+          update: { $set: dotize(encodedActionCounts) },
+        }
       );
     }