diff --git a/src/exportManager.ts b/src/exportManager.ts
index 33cacf3..913f304 100644
--- a/src/exportManager.ts
+++ b/src/exportManager.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ export class ExportManager {
       await this._loadNextExporter(i + 1, merge);
       if (finishUp) await finishUp();
     } catch (e) {
-      this.logger.error(e);
+      this.logger.error(`Failed loading "${this.exporters[i]!.exporter.name}".`);
+      throw e;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 91e925e..9d26ae0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ const registerHook: HookConfig = async ({ action, init }, { env, services, datab
 
         await updateManager.commitUpdates();
         clearAdminSchema();
+      } catch (e) {
+        logger.error(e);
+        logger.info('Releasing lock...');
+        await updateManager.releaseLock();
       } finally {
         await attachExporters();
       }
diff --git a/src/updateManager.ts b/src/updateManager.ts
index f970338..dd3ed80 100644
--- a/src/updateManager.ts
+++ b/src/updateManager.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ export class UpdateManager {
       if (rows.length) {
         await trx(this.tableName).where('id', this.rowId).update({
           mv_locked: true,
-          // We set this to newer than isoTS, while we do the migration
-          // If the migration fails, we can reset the lock
-          mv_ts: ExportHelper.utcTS(),
         });
         this._locked = {
           hash: newHash,
@@ -74,6 +71,17 @@ export class UpdateManager {
     return true;
   }
 
+  public async releaseLock() {
+    if (!this._locked) return false;
+
+    await this.db(this.tableName).where('id', this.rowId).update({
+      mv_locked: false,
+    });
+
+    this._locked = false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
   public async ensureInstalled() {
     const tableName = 'directus_settings';