diff --git a/include/constants.php b/include/constants.php
index 320b5c03..62a441b0 100644
--- a/include/constants.php
+++ b/include/constants.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
-defined('VERSION_NUMBER') || define('VERSION_NUMBER', '1.6.0-beta14');
-defined('RELEASE_DATE') || define('RELEASE_DATE', '2022-03-04');
+defined('VERSION_NUMBER') || define('VERSION_NUMBER', '1.6.0');
+defined('RELEASE_DATE') || define('RELEASE_DATE', '2022-03-08');
 defined('IN_TRACKER') || define('IN_TRACKER', true);
 defined('PROJECTNAME') || define("PROJECTNAME","NexusPHP");
 defined('NEXUSPHPURL') || define("NEXUSPHPURL","https://nexusphp.org");
diff --git a/nexus/Install/Update.php b/nexus/Install/Update.php
index f9b0bb13..f1735771 100644
--- a/nexus/Install/Update.php
+++ b/nexus/Install/Update.php
@@ -133,9 +133,15 @@ class Update extends Install
          *
          * attendance change, do migrate
          */
-        if (WITH_LARAVEL && !NexusDB::schema()->hasColumn('attendance', 'total_days')) {
-            $this->runMigrate('database/migrations/2021_06_13_215440_add_total_days_to_attendance_table.php');
-            $this->migrateAttendance();
+        if (WITH_LARAVEL) {
+            if (!NexusDB::schema()->hasTable('attendance')) {
+                //no table yet, no need to migrate
+                $this->runMigrate('database/migrations/2021_06_08_113437_create_attendance_table.php');
+            }
+            if (!NexusDB::schema()->hasColumn('attendance', 'total_days')) {
+                $this->runMigrate('database/migrations/2021_06_13_215440_add_total_days_to_attendance_table.php');
+                $this->migrateAttendance();
+            }
         }
 
         /**