diff --git a/backend/experiment/migrations/0059_alter_experiment_slug.py b/backend/experiment/migrations/0059_alter_experiment_slug.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 62bfb1f29..000000000
--- a/backend/experiment/migrations/0059_alter_experiment_slug.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-11-05 08:10
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
-import experiment.validators
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
-    dependencies = [
-        ('experiment', '0058_remove_socialmediaconfig_content_and_more'),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AlterField(
-            model_name='experiment',
-            name='slug',
-            field=models.SlugField(max_length=64, unique=True, validators=[experiment.validators.block_slug_validator]),
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/backend/experiment/migrations/0060_experiment_slug_temp.py b/backend/experiment/migrations/0060_experiment_slug_temp.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a285000c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/experiment/migrations/0060_experiment_slug_temp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-11-15 09:00
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import experiment.validators
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('experiment', '0059_add_social_media_config'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='experiment',
+            name='slug_temp',
+            field=models.SlugField(null=True, max_length=64, unique=True, validators=[experiment.validators.block_slug_validator]),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/experiment/migrations/0061_migrate_slugs_to_unique_temp_field.py b/backend/experiment/migrations/0061_migrate_slugs_to_unique_temp_field.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2d9978e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/experiment/migrations/0061_migrate_slugs_to_unique_temp_field.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-11-15 09:01
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    def forwards_func(apps, schema_editor):
+        Experiment = apps.get_model('experiment', 'Experiment')
+        for experiment in Experiment.objects.all():
+            experiment.slug_temp = experiment.slug
+            experiment.save()
+
+    def reverse_func(apps, schema_editor):
+        Experiment = apps.get_model('experiment', 'Experiment')
+        for experiment in Experiment.objects.all():
+            experiment.slug = experiment.slug_temp
+            experiment.save()
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('experiment', '0060_experiment_slug_temp'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(forwards_func, reverse_func),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/experiment/migrations/0062_rename_slug_temp_to_slug.py b/backend/experiment/migrations/0062_rename_slug_temp_to_slug.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd2507a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/experiment/migrations/0062_rename_slug_temp_to_slug.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-11-15 09:09
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('experiment', '0061_migrate_slugs_to_unique_temp_field'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RenameField(
+            model_name='Experiment',
+            old_name='slug',
+            new_name='old_slug'
+        ),
+        migrations.RenameField(
+            model_name='Experiment',
+            old_name='slug_temp',
+            new_name='slug'
+        )
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/experiment/migrations/0063_remove_old_slug.py b/backend/experiment/migrations/0063_remove_old_slug.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1cc76d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/experiment/migrations/0063_remove_old_slug.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-11-15 09:14
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('experiment', '0062_rename_slug_temp_to_slug'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='Experiment',
+            name='old_slug',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/experiment/models.py b/backend/experiment/models.py
index af971e499..6657720a1 100644
--- a/backend/experiment/models.py
+++ b/backend/experiment/models.py
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ class Experiment(models.Model):
         phases (Queryset[Phase]): Queryset of Phase instances
     """
 
-    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=64, unique=True, validators=[experiment_slug_validator])
+    slug = models.SlugField(db_index=True,
+                                 max_length=64,
+                                 unique=True,
+                                 null=True,
+                                 validators=[experiment_slug_validator])
     translated_content = models.QuerySet["ExperimentTranslatedContent"]
     theme_config = models.ForeignKey("theme.ThemeConfig", blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
     active = models.BooleanField(default=True)