diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f7b7e6cec..b7575fe74e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ migrate:
 # 4) Remove the management command from this `deploy-migrate` recipe
 # 5) Repeat!
 deploy-migrate:
-	echo "Nothing to do here"
+	python contentcuration/manage.py export_channels_to_kolibri_public
 
 contentnodegc:
 	python contentcuration/manage.py garbage_collect
diff --git a/contentcuration/kolibri_public/management/commands/export_channels_to_kolibri_public.py b/contentcuration/kolibri_public/management/commands/export_channels_to_kolibri_public.py
index 2f20a0b78c..f20206abf0 100644
--- a/contentcuration/kolibri_public/management/commands/export_channels_to_kolibri_public.py
+++ b/contentcuration/kolibri_public/management/commands/export_channels_to_kolibri_public.py
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
+from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timedelta
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.files.storage import default_storage as storage
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.db.models import F
+from django.db.models import Q
+from django.utils import timezone
 from kolibri_content.apps import KolibriContentConfig
 from kolibri_content.models import ChannelMetadata as ExportedChannelMetadata
 from kolibri_content.router import get_active_content_database
@@ -15,12 +20,37 @@
 from kolibri_public.utils.mapper import ChannelMapper
 
 from contentcuration.models import Channel
+from contentcuration.models import User
+from contentcuration.utils.publish import create_content_database
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
 
+    def _republish_problem_channels(self):
+        twenty_19 = datetime(year=2019, month=1, day=1)
+        five_minutes = timedelta(minutes=5)
+        try:
+            chef_user = User.objects.get(email="chef@learningequality.org")
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            logger.error("Could not find chef user to republish channels")
+            return
+        channel_qs = Channel.objects.filter(
+            public=True,
+            deleted=False,
+            main_tree__published=True
+        ).filter(
+            Q(last_published__isnull=True) |
+            Q(last_published__lt=twenty_19, main_tree__modified__lte=F("last_published") + five_minutes)
+        )
+
+        for channel in channel_qs:
+            kolibri_temp_db = create_content_database(channel, True, chef_user.id, False)
+            os.remove(kolibri_temp_db)
+            channel.last_published = timezone.now()
+            channel.save()
+
     def _export_channel(self, channel_id):
         logger.info("Putting channel {} into kolibri_public".format(channel_id))
         db_location = os.path.join(settings.DB_ROOT, "{id}.sqlite3".format(id=channel_id))
@@ -37,6 +67,7 @@ def _export_channel(self, channel_id):
                     mapper.run()
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        self._republish_problem_channels()
         public_channel_ids = set(Channel.objects.filter(public=True, deleted=False, main_tree__published=True).values_list("id", flat=True))
         kolibri_public_channel_ids = set(ChannelMetadata.objects.all().values_list("id", flat=True))
         ids_to_export = public_channel_ids.difference(kolibri_public_channel_ids)
@@ -47,4 +78,6 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
                 count += 1
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 logger.warning("Tried to export channel {} to kolibri_public but its published channel database could not be found".format(channel_id))
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.exception("Failed to export channel {} to kolibri_public because of error: {}".format(channel_id, e))
         logger.info("Successfully put {} channels into kolibri_public".format(count))