diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/EFToRealmMigrator.cs b/osu.Game/Database/EFToRealmMigrator.cs
index cbf5c5ffe9..d3f7c561d5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/EFToRealmMigrator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/EFToRealmMigrator.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+#nullable enable
+
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 using osu.Game.Models;
@@ -29,8 +33,6 @@ using SharpCompress.Archives.Zip;
 using SharpCompress.Common;
 using SharpCompress.Writers.Zip;
 
-#nullable enable
-
 namespace osu.Game.Database
 {
     internal class EFToRealmMigrator : CompositeDrawable
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         [Resolved]
         private Storage storage { get; set; } = null!;
 
-        private readonly OsuSpriteText currentOperationText;
+        private readonly OsuTextFlowContainer currentOperationText;
 
         public EFToRealmMigrator()
         {
@@ -99,11 +101,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                         {
                             State = { Value = Visibility.Visible }
                         },
-                        currentOperationText = new OsuSpriteText
+                        currentOperationText = new OsuTextFlowContainer(cp => cp.Font = OsuFont.Default.With(size: 30))
                         {
                             Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                             Origin = Anchor.Centre,
-                            Font = OsuFont.Default.With(size: 30)
+                            AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                            TextAnchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
                         },
                     }
                 },
@@ -147,19 +151,33 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                     log("Migration successful!");
 
                     if (DebugUtils.IsDebugBuild)
-                        Logger.Log("Your development database has been fully migrated to realm. If you switch back to a pre-realm branch and need your previous database, rename the backup file back to \"client.db\".\n\nNote that doing this can potentially leave your file store in a bad state.", level: LogLevel.Important);
+                    {
+                        Logger.Log(
+                            "Your development database has been fully migrated to realm. If you switch back to a pre-realm branch and need your previous database, rename the backup file back to \"client.db\".\n\nNote that doing this can potentially leave your file store in a bad state.",
+                            level: LogLevel.Important);
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     log("Migration failed!");
                     Logger.Log(t.Exception.ToString(), LoggingTarget.Database);
 
+                    if (t.Exception.Flatten().InnerException is TypeInitializationException)
+                    {
+                        // Not guaranteed to be the only cause of exception, but let's roll with it for now.
+                        log("Please download and run the intel version of osu! once\nto allow data migration to complete!");
+                        return;
+                    }
+
                     notificationOverlay.Post(new SimpleErrorNotification
                     {
-                        Text = "IMPORTANT: During data migration, some of your data could not be successfully migrated. The previous version has been backed up.\n\nFor further assistance, please open a discussion on github and attach your backup files (click to get started).",
+                        Text =
+                            "IMPORTANT: During data migration, some of your data could not be successfully migrated. The previous version has been backed up.\n\nFor further assistance, please open a discussion on github and attach your backup files (click to get started).",
                         Activated = () =>
                         {
-                            game.OpenUrlExternally($@"https://github.com/ppy/osu/discussions/new?title=Realm%20migration%20issue ({t.Exception.Message})&body=Please%20drag%20the%20""attach_me.zip""%20file%20here!&category=q-a", true);
+                            game.OpenUrlExternally(
+                                $@"https://github.com/ppy/osu/discussions/new?title=Realm%20migration%20issue ({t.Exception.Message})&body=Please%20drag%20the%20""attach_me.zip""%20file%20here!&category=q-a",
+                                true);
 
                             const string attachment_filename = "attach_me.zip";
                             const string backup_folder = "backups";