diff --git a/accounts/sql_migration.go b/accounts/sql_migration.go
index befa62f15..c36b51c6f 100644
--- a/accounts/sql_migration.go
+++ b/accounts/sql_migration.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package accounts
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/db/sqlc"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
 	"github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib"
 )
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 // MigrateAccountStoreToSQL runs the migration of all accounts and indices from
 // the KV database to the SQL database. The migration is done in a single
 // transaction to ensure that all accounts are migrated or none at all.
-func MigrateAccountStoreToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore *BoltStore,
+func MigrateAccountStoreToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore kvdb.Backend,
 	tx SQLQueries) error {
 
 	log.Infof("Starting migration of the KV accounts store to SQL")
@@ -47,12 +49,12 @@ func MigrateAccountStoreToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore *BoltStore,
 // migrateAccountsToSQL runs the migration of all accounts from the KV database
 // to the SQL database. The migration is done in a single transaction to ensure
 // that all accounts are migrated or none at all.
-func migrateAccountsToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore *BoltStore,
+func migrateAccountsToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore kvdb.Backend,
 	tx SQLQueries) error {
 
 	log.Infof("Starting migration of accounts from KV to SQL")
 
-	kvAccounts, err := kvStore.Accounts(ctx)
+	kvAccounts, err := getBBoltAccounts(kvStore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -104,6 +106,51 @@ func migrateAccountsToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore *BoltStore,
 	return nil
 }
 
+// getBBoltAccounts is a helper function that fetches all accounts from the
+// Bbolt store, by iterating directly over the buckets, without needing to
+// use any public functions of the BoltStore struct.
+func getBBoltAccounts(db kvdb.Backend) ([]*OffChainBalanceAccount, error) {
+	var accounts []*OffChainBalanceAccount
+	err := db.View(func(tx kvdb.RTx) error {
+		// This function will be called in the ForEach and receive
+		// the key and value of each account in the DB. The key, which
+		// is also the ID is not used because it is also marshaled into
+		// the value.
+		readFn := func(k, v []byte) error {
+			// Skip the two special purpose keys.
+			if bytes.Equal(k, lastAddIndexKey) ||
+				bytes.Equal(k, lastSettleIndexKey) {
+
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			// There should be no sub-buckets.
+			if v == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid bucket structure")
+			}
+
+			account, err := deserializeAccount(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			accounts = append(accounts, account)
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// We know the bucket should exist since it's created when
+		// the account storage is initialized.
+		return tx.ReadBucket(accountBucketName).ForEach(readFn)
+	}, func() {
+		accounts = nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return accounts, nil
+}
+
 // migrateSingleAccountToSQL runs the migration for a single account from the
 // KV database to the SQL database.
 func migrateSingleAccountToSQL(ctx context.Context,
@@ -163,12 +210,12 @@ func migrateSingleAccountToSQL(ctx context.Context,
 
 // migrateAccountsIndicesToSQL runs the migration for the account indices from
 // the KV database to the SQL database.
-func migrateAccountsIndicesToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore *BoltStore,
+func migrateAccountsIndicesToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore kvdb.Backend,
 	tx SQLQueries) error {
 
 	log.Infof("Starting migration of accounts indices from KV to SQL")
 
-	addIndex, settleIndex, err := kvStore.LastIndexes(ctx)
+	addIndex, settleIndex, err := getBBoltIndices(kvStore)
 	if errors.Is(err, ErrNoInvoiceIndexKnown) {
 		log.Infof("No indices found in KV store, skipping migration")
 		return nil
@@ -211,6 +258,40 @@ func migrateAccountsIndicesToSQL(ctx context.Context, kvStore *BoltStore,
 	return nil
 }
 
+// getBBoltIndices is a helper function that fetches the índices from the
+// Bbolt store, by iterating directly over the buckets, without needing to
+// use any public functions of the BoltStore struct.
+func getBBoltIndices(db kvdb.Backend) (uint64, uint64, error) {
+	var (
+		addValue, settleValue []byte
+	)
+	err := db.View(func(tx kvdb.RTx) error {
+		bucket := tx.ReadBucket(accountBucketName)
+		if bucket == nil {
+			return ErrAccountBucketNotFound
+		}
+
+		addValue = bucket.Get(lastAddIndexKey)
+		if len(addValue) == 0 {
+			return ErrNoInvoiceIndexKnown
+		}
+
+		settleValue = bucket.Get(lastSettleIndexKey)
+		if len(settleValue) == 0 {
+			return ErrNoInvoiceIndexKnown
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}, func() {
+		addValue, settleValue = nil, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, err
+	}
+
+	return byteOrder.Uint64(addValue), byteOrder.Uint64(settleValue), nil
+}
+
 // overrideAccountTimeZone overrides the time zone of the account to the local
 // time zone and chops off the nanosecond part for comparison. This is needed
 // because KV database stores times as-is which as an unwanted side effect would
diff --git a/accounts/sql_migration_test.go b/accounts/sql_migration_test.go
index d1e331e42..bfa508df5 100644
--- a/accounts/sql_migration_test.go
+++ b/accounts/sql_migration_test.go
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ func TestAccountStoreMigration(t *testing.T) {
 		*db.TransactionExecutor[SQLQueries]) {
 
 		testDBStore := NewTestDB(t, clock)
-		t.Cleanup(func() {
-			require.NoError(t, testDBStore.Close())
-		})
 
 		store, ok := testDBStore.(*SQLStore)
 		require.True(t, ok)
@@ -344,7 +341,7 @@ func TestAccountStoreMigration(t *testing.T) {
 			err = txEx.ExecTx(ctx, &opts,
 				func(tx SQLQueries) error {
 					return MigrateAccountStoreToSQL(
-						ctx, kvStore, tx,
+						ctx, kvStore.db, tx,
 					)
 				},
 			)
diff --git a/accounts/test_postgres.go b/accounts/test_postgres.go
index 609eeb608..16665030d 100644
--- a/accounts/test_postgres.go
+++ b/accounts/test_postgres.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var ErrDBClosed = errors.New("database is closed")
 
 // NewTestDB is a helper function that creates an SQLStore database for testing.
 func NewTestDB(t *testing.T, clock clock.Clock) Store {
-	return NewSQLStore(db.NewTestPostgresDB(t).BaseDB, clock)
+	return createStore(t, db.NewTestPostgresDB(t).BaseDB, clock)
 }
 
 // NewTestDBFromPath is a helper function that creates a new SQLStore with a
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ func NewTestDB(t *testing.T, clock clock.Clock) Store {
 func NewTestDBFromPath(t *testing.T, dbPath string,
 	clock clock.Clock) Store {
 
-	return NewSQLStore(db.NewTestPostgresDB(t).BaseDB, clock)
+	return createStore(t, db.NewTestPostgresDB(t).BaseDB, clock)
 }
diff --git a/accounts/test_sql.go b/accounts/test_sql.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c1ee7f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/test_sql.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//go:build test_db_postgres || test_db_sqlite
+
+package accounts
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/db"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/clock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// createStore is a helper function that creates a new SQLStore and ensure that
+// it is closed when during the test cleanup.
+func createStore(t *testing.T, sqlDB *db.BaseDB, clock clock.Clock) *SQLStore {
+	store := NewSQLStore(sqlDB, clock)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		require.NoError(t, store.Close())
+	})
+
+	return store
+}
diff --git a/accounts/test_sqlite.go b/accounts/test_sqlite.go
index 0dd042a28..9d899b3e2 100644
--- a/accounts/test_sqlite.go
+++ b/accounts/test_sqlite.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var ErrDBClosed = errors.New("database is closed")
 
 // NewTestDB is a helper function that creates an SQLStore database for testing.
 func NewTestDB(t *testing.T, clock clock.Clock) Store {
-	return NewSQLStore(db.NewTestSqliteDB(t).BaseDB, clock)
+	return createStore(t, db.NewTestSqliteDB(t).BaseDB, clock)
 }
 
 // NewTestDBFromPath is a helper function that creates a new SQLStore with a
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func NewTestDB(t *testing.T, clock clock.Clock) Store {
 func NewTestDBFromPath(t *testing.T, dbPath string,
 	clock clock.Clock) Store {
 
-	return NewSQLStore(
-		db.NewTestSqliteDbHandleFromPath(t, dbPath).BaseDB, clock,
+	return createStore(
+		t, db.NewTestSqliteDbHandleFromPath(t, dbPath).BaseDB, clock,
 	)
 }