diff --git a/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/Migrations.tsx b/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/Migrations.tsx
index fcf2f7649e9..b3e2172d214 100644
--- a/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/Migrations.tsx
+++ b/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/Migrations.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import ShimmeringLoader from 'components/ui/ShimmeringLoader'
 import { DatabaseMigration, useMigrationsQuery } from 'data/database/migrations-query'
 import { Editor } from '@monaco-editor/react'
 import CodeEditor from 'components/ui/CodeEditor'
+import MigrationsEmptyState from './MigrationsEmptyState'
 
 const Wrappers = () => {
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('')
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ const Wrappers = () => {
       ? data?.result ?? []
       : data?.result.filter((migration) => migration.version.includes(search)) ?? []
 
+  console.log({ data })
+
   return (
     <>
       <div>
@@ -80,51 +83,52 @@ const Wrappers = () => {
             )}
             {isSuccess && (
               <div>
-                <div className="w-80 mb-4">
-                  <Input
-                    size="small"
-                    placeholder="Search for a migration"
-                    value={search}
-                    onChange={(e: any) => setSearch(e.target.value)}
-                    icon={<IconSearch size="tiny" />}
-                  />
-                </div>
-
-                {data.result.length <= 0 && <div>No migrations state...</div>}
+                {data.result.length <= 0 && <MigrationsEmptyState />}
 
                 {data.result.length > 0 && (
-                  <Table
-                    head={[
-                      <Table.th key="version">Version</Table.th>,
-                      <Table.th key="buttons"></Table.th>,
-                    ]}
-                    body={
-                      migrations.length > 0 ? (
-                        migrations.map((migration) => (
-                          <Table.tr key={migration.version}>
-                            <Table.td>{migration.version}</Table.td>
-                            <Table.td align="right">
-                              <Button
-                                type="default"
-                                onClick={() => setSelectedMigration(migration)}
-                              >
-                                View migration SQL
-                              </Button>
+                  <>
+                    <div className="w-80 mb-4">
+                      <Input
+                        size="small"
+                        placeholder="Search for a migration"
+                        value={search}
+                        onChange={(e: any) => setSearch(e.target.value)}
+                        icon={<IconSearch size="tiny" />}
+                      />
+                    </div>
+                    <Table
+                      head={[
+                        <Table.th key="version">Version</Table.th>,
+                        <Table.th key="buttons"></Table.th>,
+                      ]}
+                      body={
+                        migrations.length > 0 ? (
+                          migrations.map((migration) => (
+                            <Table.tr key={migration.version}>
+                              <Table.td>{migration.version}</Table.td>
+                              <Table.td align="right">
+                                <Button
+                                  type="default"
+                                  onClick={() => setSelectedMigration(migration)}
+                                >
+                                  View migration SQL
+                                </Button>
+                              </Table.td>
+                            </Table.tr>
+                          ))
+                        ) : (
+                          <Table.tr>
+                            <Table.td>
+                              <p className="text-sm text-scale-1200">No results found</p>
+                              <p className="text-sm text-scale-1100">
+                                Your search for "{search}" did not return any results
+                              </p>
                             </Table.td>
                           </Table.tr>
-                        ))
-                      ) : (
-                        <Table.tr>
-                          <Table.td>
-                            <p className="text-sm text-scale-1200">No results found</p>
-                            <p className="text-sm text-scale-1100">
-                              Your search for "{search}" did not return any results
-                            </p>
-                          </Table.td>
-                        </Table.tr>
-                      )
-                    }
-                  />
+                        )
+                      }
+                    />
+                  </>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
diff --git a/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/MigrationsEmptyState.tsx b/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/MigrationsEmptyState.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55ef19b3ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/MigrationsEmptyState.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+import Link from 'next/link'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import {
+  Button,
+  Collapsible,
+  IconExternalLink,
+  IconMaximize2,
+  IconMinimize2,
+  IconTerminal,
+} from 'ui'
+
+import CommandRender from 'components/interfaces/Functions/CommandRender'
+import { useParams } from 'common'
+
+const MigrationsEmptyState = () => {
+  const { ref } = useParams()
+  const [showInstructions, setShowInstructions] = useState(false)
+
+  const commands = [
+    {
+      comment: 'Link your project',
+      command: `supabase link --project-ref ${ref}`,
+      jsx: () => {
+        return (
+          <>
+            <span className="text-brand-1100">supabase</span> link --project-ref {ref}
+          </>
+        )
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      comment: 'Create a new migration called "new-migration"',
+      command: `supabase migration new new-migration`,
+      jsx: () => {
+        return (
+          <>
+            <span className="text-brand-1100">supabase</span> migration new new-migration
+          </>
+        )
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      comment: 'Run all migrations against this project',
+      command: `supabase db push`,
+      jsx: () => {
+        return (
+          <>
+            <span className="text-brand-1100">supabase</span> db push
+          </>
+        )
+      },
+    },
+  ]
+
+  return (
+    <div className="w-full px-12 py-12 bg-white bg-no-repeat border rounded dark:bg-scale-200 border-scale-500">
+      <div className="space-y-8">
+        <div className="space-y-2 w-4/5">
+          <h4 className="text-lg">Database migrations</h4>
+          <p className="text-sm text-scale-1100">
+            Database changes are managed through "migrations" and they are a common way of tracking
+            changes to your database over time. You can run migrations against your project's
+            database via the Supabase CLI.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+
+        <Collapsible open={showInstructions} onOpenChange={setShowInstructions}>
+          <Collapsible.Trigger asChild>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className={clsx(
+                'flex w-full items-center justify-between rounded py-3 px-6 text-scale-1200 border bg-scale-100 dark:bg-scale-300',
+                showInstructions && 'rounded-b-none'
+              )}
+            >
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 w-full">
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+                  <div className="flex items-center justify-center w-8 h-8 p-2 border rounded bg-scale-100">
+                    <IconTerminal strokeWidth={2} />
+                  </div>
+                  <h4>Terminal instructions</h4>
+                </div>
+                {showInstructions ? (
+                  <IconMinimize2
+                    className="text-scale-800 transition data-open-parent:rotate-0 data-closed-parent:rotate-180"
+                    strokeWidth={2}
+                    width={14}
+                  />
+                ) : (
+                  <IconMaximize2
+                    className="text-scale-800 transition data-open-parent:rotate-0 data-closed-parent:rotate-180"
+                    strokeWidth={2}
+                    width={14}
+                  />
+                )}
+              </div>
+            </button>
+          </Collapsible.Trigger>
+          <Collapsible.Content>
+            <div className="border border-t-0 bg-scale-100 dark:bg-scale-300 rounded-b py-3 px-6">
+              <CommandRender commands={commands} />
+            </div>
+          </Collapsible.Content>
+        </Collapsible>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default MigrationsEmptyState
diff --git a/studio/data/database/migrations-query.ts b/studio/data/database/migrations-query.ts
index 00e24118c3c..f9a25136e8b 100644
--- a/studio/data/database/migrations-query.ts
+++ b/studio/data/database/migrations-query.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ export const useMigrationsQuery = <TData extends MigrationsData = MigrationsData
       connectionString,
       sql: getMigrationsQuery(),
       queryKey: ['migrations'],
+      handleError: (error: { code: number; message: string; requestId: string }) => {
+        if (
+          error.code === 400 &&
+          error.message.includes('relation "supabase_migrations.schema_migrations" does not exist')
+        ) {
+          return { result: [] }
+        } else {
+          throw error
+        }
+      },
     },
     options
   )
diff --git a/studio/data/sql/execute-sql-query.ts b/studio/data/sql/execute-sql-query.ts
index 1eb86b56373..76ef0f665aa 100644
--- a/studio/data/sql/execute-sql-query.ts
+++ b/studio/data/sql/execute-sql-query.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ import { post } from 'lib/common/fetch'
 import { API_URL } from 'lib/constants'
 import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { sqlKeys } from './keys'
+import { noop } from 'lodash'
+
+export type Error = { code: number; message: string; requestId: string }
 
 export type ExecuteSqlVariables = {
   projectRef?: string
   connectionString?: string
   sql: string
   queryKey?: QueryKey
+  handleError?: (error: { code: number; message: string; requestId: string }) => any
 }
 
 export async function executeSql(
@@ -24,7 +28,11 @@ export async function executeSql(
     connectionString,
     sql,
     queryKey,
-  }: Pick<ExecuteSqlVariables, 'projectRef' | 'connectionString' | 'sql' | 'queryKey'>,
+    handleError,
+  }: Pick<
+    ExecuteSqlVariables,
+    'projectRef' | 'connectionString' | 'sql' | 'queryKey' | 'handleError'
+  >,
   signal?: AbortSignal
 ) {
   if (!projectRef) {
@@ -44,8 +52,13 @@ export async function executeSql(
     { query: sql },
     { headers: Object.fromEntries(headers), signal }
   )
+
   if (response.error) {
-    throw response.error
+    if (handleError !== undefined) {
+      return handleError(response.error)
+    } else {
+      throw response.error
+    }
   }
 
   return { result: response }
@@ -55,21 +68,22 @@ export type ExecuteSqlData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof executeSql>>
 export type ExecuteSqlError = unknown
 
 export const useExecuteSqlQuery = <TData = ExecuteSqlData>(
-  { projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey }: ExecuteSqlVariables,
+  { projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey, handleError }: ExecuteSqlVariables,
   { enabled = true, ...options }: UseQueryOptions<ExecuteSqlData, ExecuteSqlError, TData> = {}
 ) =>
   useQuery<ExecuteSqlData, ExecuteSqlError, TData>(
     sqlKeys.query(projectRef, queryKey ?? [md5(sql)]),
-    ({ signal }) => executeSql({ projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey }, signal),
+    ({ signal }) =>
+      executeSql({ projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey, handleError }, signal),
     { enabled: enabled && typeof projectRef !== 'undefined', ...options }
   )
 
 export const prefetchExecuteSql = (
   client: QueryClient,
-  { projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey }: ExecuteSqlVariables
+  { projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey, handleError }: ExecuteSqlVariables
 ) => {
   return client.prefetchQuery(sqlKeys.query(projectRef, queryKey ?? [md5(sql)]), ({ signal }) =>
-    executeSql({ projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey }, signal)
+    executeSql({ projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey, handleError }, signal)
   )
 }
 
@@ -89,13 +103,14 @@ export const useExecuteSqlPrefetch = () => {
   const client = useQueryClient()
 
   return useCallback(
-    ({ projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey }: ExecuteSqlVariables) => {
+    ({ projectRef, connectionString, sql, queryKey, handleError }: ExecuteSqlVariables) => {
       if (projectRef) {
         return prefetchExecuteSql(client, {
           projectRef,
           connectionString,
           sql,
           queryKey,
+          handleError,
         })
       }