diff --git a/app/backend/wells/migrations/0143_attach_attachments_to_wells.py b/app/backend/wells/migrations/0143_attach_attachments_to_wells.py
index af7f92b95..ba7b1320f 100644
--- a/app/backend/wells/migrations/0143_attach_attachments_to_wells.py
+++ b/app/backend/wells/migrations/0143_attach_attachments_to_wells.py
@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ def populate_wells_with_attachment_table(apps, schema_editor):
     # Get all well tag numbers that don't have an entry in WellAttachment
     well_tag_numbers_without_attachment = Well.objects.exclude(wellattachment__isnull=False).values_list('well_tag_number', flat=True)
 
-    well_attachments_to_create = [WellAttachment(well_tag_number=tag_number) for tag_number in well_tag_numbers_without_attachment]
+    well_attachments_to_create = []
+    
+    # Iterate through each tag number and create WellAttachment instances
+    for tag_number in well_tag_numbers_without_attachment:
+        well_instance = Well.objects.get(well_tag_number=tag_number)
+        well_attachment_instance = WellAttachment(well_tag_number=well_instance)
+        well_attachments_to_create.append(well_attachment_instance)
+
     WellAttachment.objects.bulk_create(well_attachments_to_create)
+
   
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):