diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/database/models/Manga.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/database/models/Manga.kt
index 3550613c8..8954ba81c 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/database/models/Manga.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/database/models/Manga.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.data.database.models
 
+import eu.kanade.data.listOfStringsAndAdapter
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.SManga
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.ui.reader.setting.OrientationType
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.ui.reader.setting.ReadingModeType
-import exh.md.utils.MdUtil
+import exh.util.nullIfEmpty
 import eu.kanade.domain.manga.model.Manga as DomainManga
 
 interface Manga : SManga {
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ fun Manga.toDomainManga(): DomainManga? {
         thumbnailUrl = thumbnail_url,
         initialized = initialized,
         // SY -->
-        filteredScanlators = MdUtil.getScanlators(filtered_scanlators).toList(),
+        filteredScanlators = filtered_scanlators?.let(listOfStringsAndAdapter::decode)?.nullIfEmpty(),
         // SY <--
     )
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/sqldelight/migrations/21.sqm b/app/src/main/sqldelight/migrations/21.sqm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f984d0269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/sqldelight/migrations/21.sqm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+UPDATE mangas
+SET filtered_scanlators = NULL
+WHERE filtered_scanlators = "";
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