# Missing 'theme\_fields' and rake db:migrate SyntaxError failure
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-theme-fields-and-rake-db-migrate-syntaxerror-failure/238187
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 5, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-theme-fields-and-rake-db-migrate-syntaxerror-failure/238187 "2022-09-05T23:25:19Z")
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### Author:  [@SoothSinger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SoothSinger)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-theme-fields-and-rake-db-migrate-syntaxerror-failure/238187/1 "2022-09-05T23:25:19Z")
Hello all,
I’m trying to perform a new install of Discourse v2.8.8 on Debian Buster (in Docker). Currently the Sidekiq tasks are erroring with the below error relating to `theme_fields` :
```plaintext
2022-09-06 08:25:53.301 AEST [1205] ERROR: relation "theme_fields" does not exist at character 454
2022-09-06 08:25:53.301 AEST [1205] STATEMENT: SELECT a.attname, format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod),
pg_get_expr(d.adbin, d.adrelid), a.attnotnull, a.atttypid, a.atttypmod,
c.collname, col_description(a.attrelid, a.attnum) AS comment
FROM pg_attribute a
LEFT JOIN pg_attrdef d ON a.attrelid = d.adrelid AND a.attnum = d.adnum
LEFT JOIN pg_type t ON a.atttypid = t.oid
LEFT JOIN pg_collation c ON a.attcollation = c.oid AND a.attcollation <> t.typcollation
WHERE a.attrelid = '"theme_fields"'::regclass
AND a.attnum > 0 AND NOT a.attisdropped
ORDER BY a.attnum
```
Searching through the forums, this is a similar error to post [Restore problem relation theme\_fields does not exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-problem-relation-theme-fields-does-not-exist/95500); which unfortunately does not have a resolution so far.
Investigating deeper into this, it _seems_ that this is related to the `db:migrate` task failure in my case (it’s a guess)
Executing `RAILS_ENV=test bin/rails db:migrate` in a terminal returns a SyntaxError below:
```plaintext
rails aborted!
SyntaxError: /app/lib/tasks/assets.rake:294: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting `end'
/app/lib/tasks/assets.rake:306: syntax error, unexpected `end', expecting '}'
/app/lib/tasks/assets.rake:418: class definition in method body
class Sprockets::Manifest
^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/app/lib/tasks/assets.rake:430: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting `end'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:60:in `load'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:60:in `load'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.6.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:326:in `block in load'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.6.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:299:in `load_dependency'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/activesupport-6.1.6.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:326:in `load'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:675:in `block in run_tasks_blocks'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:675:in `each'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:675:in `run_tasks_blocks'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/application.rb:528:in `run_tasks_blocks'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:464:in `load_tasks'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:207:in `public_send'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/railtie.rb:207:in `method_missing'
/app/Rakefile:9:in `'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:60:in `load'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:60:in `load'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/commands/rake/rake_command.rb:20:in `block in perform'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/commands/rake/rake_command.rb:18:in `perform'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/command.rb:50:in `invoke'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/railties-6.1.6.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:18:in `'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:23:in `require'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:23:in `block in require_with_bootsnap_lfi'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/loaded_features_index.rb:105:in `register'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:22:in `require_with_bootsnap_lfi'
/usr/local/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/bootsnap-1.9.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:31:in `require'
bin/rails:18:in `'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
```
Looking at the code [lib/tasks/assets.rake](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/v2.8.8/lib/tasks/assets.rake) (v2.8.8), looks like all of the `end` and `}` are properly placed. As a non Ruby expert, I could guess that perhaps one of the variable values is breaking the closures.
What could have possibly gone wrong here ?
Kind regards,
---
### Author:  [@SoothSinger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SoothSinger)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-theme-fields-and-rake-db-migrate-syntaxerror-failure/238187/2 "2022-09-15T23:11:22Z")
Hi everyone!
Still wondering if anyone has any suggestions/ideas for this issue.
Thank you
Kind regards,