diff --git a/hapi-fhir-cli/hapi-fhir-cli-api/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/cli/HapiFlywayMigrateDatabaseCommandTest.java b/hapi-fhir-cli/hapi-fhir-cli-api/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/cli/HapiFlywayMigrateDatabaseCommandTest.java
index 0ed53b49fdd..79dfd067536 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-cli/hapi-fhir-cli-api/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/cli/HapiFlywayMigrateDatabaseCommandTest.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-cli/hapi-fhir-cli-api/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/cli/HapiFlywayMigrateDatabaseCommandTest.java
@@ -146,6 +146,34 @@ public class HapiFlywayMigrateDatabaseCommandTest {
 		assertTrue(JdbcUtils.getTableNames(connectionProperties).contains("HFJ_BLK_EXPORT_JOB")); // Late table
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testMigrateFromEmptySchema_NoFlyway() throws IOException, SQLException {
+
+		File location = getLocation("migrator_h2_test_empty_current_noflyway");
+
+		String url = "jdbc:h2:" + location.getAbsolutePath() + ";create=true";
+		DriverTypeEnum.ConnectionProperties connectionProperties = DriverTypeEnum.H2_EMBEDDED.newConnectionProperties(url, "", "");
+
+		ourLog.info("**********************************************");
+		ourLog.info("Starting Migration...");
+		ourLog.info("**********************************************");
+
+		String[] args = new String[]{
+			BaseFlywayMigrateDatabaseCommand.MIGRATE_DATABASE,
+			"-d", "H2_EMBEDDED",
+			"-u", url,
+			"-n", "",
+			"-p", "",
+			"--" + BaseFlywayMigrateDatabaseCommand.DONT_USE_FLYWAY
+		};
+
+		assertFalse(JdbcUtils.getTableNames(connectionProperties).contains("HFJ_RESOURCE"));
+		assertFalse(JdbcUtils.getTableNames(connectionProperties).contains("HFJ_BLK_EXPORT_JOB"));
+		App.main(args);
+		assertTrue(JdbcUtils.getTableNames(connectionProperties).contains("HFJ_RESOURCE")); // Early table
+		assertTrue(JdbcUtils.getTableNames(connectionProperties).contains("HFJ_BLK_EXPORT_JOB")); // Late table
+	}
+
 	@NotNull
 	private File getLocation(String theDatabaseName) throws IOException {
 		File directory = new File(DB_DIRECTORY);
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/java/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/Parser.java b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/java/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/Parser.java
index 62370a37e33..2bc15392736 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/java/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/Parser.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/java/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/Parser.java
@@ -23,40 +23,57 @@ package ca.uhn.hapi.fhir.docs;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.DataFormatException;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.IParser;
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Patient;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class Parser {
 
-public static void main(String[] args) throws DataFormatException, IOException {
-   {
-//START SNIPPET: disableStripVersions
-FhirContext ctx = FhirContext.forDstu2();
-IParser parser = ctx.newJsonParser();
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws DataFormatException, IOException {
+		{
+			//START SNIPPET: createParser
+			// Create a FHIR context
+			FhirContext ctx = FhirContext.forR4();
 
-// Disable the automatic stripping of versions from references on the parser
-parser.setStripVersionsFromReferences(false);
-//END SNIPPET: disableStripVersions
+			// Create a Patient resource to serialize
+			Patient patient = new Patient();
+			patient.addName().setFamily("Simpson").addGiven("James");
 
-//START SNIPPET: disableStripVersionsCtx
-ctx.getParserOptions().setStripVersionsFromReferences(false);
-//END SNIPPET: disableStripVersionsCtx
+			// Instantiate a new parser
+			IParser parser = ctx.newJsonParser();
 
-   }
-   
-   {
-//START SNIPPET: disableStripVersionsField
-FhirContext ctx = FhirContext.forDstu2();
-IParser parser = ctx.newJsonParser();
+			// Serialize it
+			String serialized = parser.encodeResourceToString(patient);
+			System.out.println(serialized);
+			//END SNIPPET: createParser
+		}
+		{
+			//START SNIPPET: disableStripVersions
+			FhirContext ctx = FhirContext.forR4();
+			IParser parser = ctx.newJsonParser();
 
-// Preserve versions only on these two fields (for the given parser)
-parser.setDontStripVersionsFromReferencesAtPaths("AuditEvent.entity.reference", "Patient.managingOrganization");
+			// Disable the automatic stripping of versions from references on the parser
+			parser.setStripVersionsFromReferences(false);
+			//END SNIPPET: disableStripVersions
 
-// You can also apply this setting to the context so that it will 
-// flow to all parsers
-ctx.getParserOptions().setDontStripVersionsFromReferencesAtPaths("AuditEvent.entity.reference", "Patient.managingOrganization");
-//END SNIPPET: disableStripVersionsField
+			//START SNIPPET: disableStripVersionsCtx
+			ctx.getParserOptions().setStripVersionsFromReferences(false);
+			//END SNIPPET: disableStripVersionsCtx
+		}
 
-   }
-}	
+		{
+			//START SNIPPET: disableStripVersionsField
+			FhirContext ctx = FhirContext.forR4();
+			IParser parser = ctx.newJsonParser();
+
+			// Preserve versions only on these two fields (for the given parser)
+			parser.setDontStripVersionsFromReferencesAtPaths("AuditEvent.entity.reference", "Patient.managingOrganization");
+
+			// You can also apply this setting to the context so that it will
+			// flow to all parsers
+			ctx.getParserOptions().setDontStripVersionsFromReferencesAtPaths("AuditEvent.entity.reference", "Patient.managingOrganization");
+			//END SNIPPET: disableStripVersionsField
+
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/files.properties b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/files.properties
index 91380f6e15d..4d5f0467de3 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/files.properties
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/files.properties
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ page.introduction.downloading_and_importing=Downloading and Importing
 
 section.model.title=Working With The FHIR Model
 page.model.working_with_resources=Working With Resources
+page.model.parsers=Parsing and Serializing
 page.model.references=Resource References
 page.model.profiles_and_extensions=Profiles and Extensions
 page.model.converter=Version Converters
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/model/parsers.md b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/model/parsers.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b57e6efb603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-docs/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/model/parsers.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Parsers and Serializers
+
+HAPI FHIR has built-in support for the FHIR [JSON](http://hl7.org/fhir/json.html) and [XML](http://hl7.org/fhir/json.html) encoding formats.
+
+A built in parser can be used to convert HAPI FHIR Java objects into a serialized form, and to parse serialized data into Java objects. Note that unlike some other frameworks, HAPI FHIR does not have separate parsers and serializers. Both of these functions are handled by a single object called the **Parser**.
+
+# Serializing
+
+As with many parts of the HAPI FHIR API, parsing beginis with a [FhirContext](/apidocs/hapi-fhr-base/ca/uhn/fhir/context/FhirContext.html) object. The FhirContext can be used to request an [IParser](/apidocs/hapi-fhir-base/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/IParser.html) for your chosen encodng style that is then used to serialize.   
+
+The following example shows a JSON Parser being used to serialize a FHIR resource. 
+
+```java
+{{snippet:classpath:/ca/uhn/hapi/fhir/docs/Parser.java|createParser}}
+``` 
+   
+HapiWorkerContext
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-migrate/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/migrate/BruteForceMigrator.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-migrate/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/migrate/BruteForceMigrator.java
index d40871f226c..c333796a0fe 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-migrate/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/migrate/BruteForceMigrator.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-migrate/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/migrate/BruteForceMigrator.java
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ public class BruteForceMigrator extends BaseMigrator {
 
 	@Override
 	public void migrate() {
+		DriverTypeEnum.ConnectionProperties connectionProperties = getDriverType().newConnectionProperties(getConnectionUrl(), getUsername(), getPassword());
+
 		for (BaseTask<?> next : myTasks) {
 			next.setDriverType(getDriverType());
 			next.setDryRun(isDryRun());
 			next.setNoColumnShrink(isNoColumnShrink());
-			DriverTypeEnum.ConnectionProperties connectionProperties = getDriverType().newConnectionProperties(getConnectionUrl(), getUsername(), getPassword());
 			next.setConnectionProperties(connectionProperties);
 
 			try {