diff --git a/classes/migration/upgrade/I10249_FixProfileImageDataLoss.inc.php b/classes/migration/upgrade/I10249_FixProfileImageDataLoss.inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff02c37bca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/migration/upgrade/I10249_FixProfileImageDataLoss.inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file classes/migration/upgrade/I10249_FixProfileImageDataLoss.inc.php
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 John Willinsky
+ * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
+ *
+ * @class I10249_FixProfileImageDataLoss
+ * @brief Fix data loss at the user profile image
+ */
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+class I10249_FixProfileImageDataLoss extends Migration {
+	/**
+	 * Run the migrations.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function up() {
+		$orderByModifiedDate = function (string $a, string $b) {
+			return filemtime($a) - filemtime($b);
+		};
+		$publicFilesPath = Config::getVar('files', 'public_files_dir') . '/site';
+		Capsule::table('user_settings')
+			->where('setting_name', '=', 'profileImage')
+			->whereRaw("COALESCE(setting_value, '') <> ''")
+			->whereRaw("setting_value NOT LIKE CONCAT('%profileImage-', user_id, '.%')")
+			->select('user_id')
+			->chunkById(1000, function (Collection $rows) use ($publicFilesPath, $orderByModifiedDate) {
+				foreach ($rows as $row) {
+					$globPattern = "{$publicFilesPath}/profileImage-{$row->user_id}.*";
+					$candidates = glob($globPattern, GLOB_NOSORT);
+					if (empty($candidates)) {
+						error_log("Failed to locate a profile image for the user ID {$row->user_id} at {$globPattern}");
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					if (count($candidates) > 1) {
+						usort($candidates, $orderByModifiedDate);
+					}
+
+					$filePath = array_pop($candidates);
+					$fileName = basename($filePath);
+					[$width, $height] = getimagesize($filePath) ?: [0, 0];
+					Capsule::table('user_settings')
+						->where('user_id', $row->user_id)
+						->where('setting_name', 'profileImage')
+						->update(['setting_value' => json_encode([
+							'name' => $fileName,
+							'uploadName' => $fileName,
+							'width' => $width,
+							'height' => $height,
+							'dateUploaded' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s', filemtime($filePath))
+						])]);
+				}
+			}, 'user_id');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reverse the migration
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function down() {
+		throw new PKP\install\DowngradeNotSupportedException();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/classes/scheduledTask/ScheduledTaskDAO.inc.php b/classes/scheduledTask/ScheduledTaskDAO.inc.php
index 6ea61bde46f..47413fc0e44 100644
--- a/classes/scheduledTask/ScheduledTaskDAO.inc.php
+++ b/classes/scheduledTask/ScheduledTaskDAO.inc.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function getLastRunTime($className) {
 			[$className]
 		);
 		$row = $result->current();
-		return $row ? strtotime($this->datetimeFromDB($row->last_run)) : null;
+		return $row && $row->last_run ? strtotime($this->datetimeFromDB($row->last_run)) : 0;
 	}
 
 	/**