diff --git a/src/services/migration.js b/src/services/migration.js
index a863c457d..7265010ce 100644
--- a/src/services/migration.js
+++ b/src/services/migration.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const sqlInit = require('./sql_init');
 const optionService = require('./options');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const log = require('./log');
+const utils = require('./utils');
 const resourceDir = require('./resource_dir');
 
 async function migrate() {
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ async function migrate() {
             log.error("error during migration to version " + mig.dbVersion + ": " + e.stack);
             log.error("migration failed, crashing hard"); // this is not very user friendly :-/
 
-            process.exit(1);
+            utils.crash();
         }
         finally {
             // make sure foreign keys are enabled even if migration script disables them
diff --git a/src/services/utils.js b/src/services/utils.js
index e88f2cf60..2f1884abe 100644
--- a/src/services/utils.js
+++ b/src/services/utils.js
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ function escapeRegExp(str) {
     return str.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
 }
 
+function crash() {
+    if (isElectron()) {
+        require('electron').app.exit(1);
+    }
+    else {
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     randomSecureToken,
     randomString,
@@ -137,5 +146,6 @@ module.exports = {
     stripTags,
     intersection,
     union,
-    escapeRegExp
+    escapeRegExp,
+    crash
 };
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