diff --git a/src/client/pages/Country/hooks/useUserRedirect.ts b/src/client/pages/Country/hooks/useUserRedirect.ts
index c5a2a57e37..f8158fb912 100644
--- a/src/client/pages/Country/hooks/useUserRedirect.ts
+++ b/src/client/pages/Country/hooks/useUserRedirect.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const useUserRedirect = (): void => {
     }
 
     // Redirect non admin users to the cycle page if the cycle is not published when accessing regions
-    if (Cycles.isPublished(cycle) && !Users.isAdministrator(user) && !Areas.isISOCountry(countryIso)) {
+    if (!Cycles.isPublished(cycle) && !Users.isAdministrator(user) && !Areas.isISOCountry(countryIso)) {
       navigate(Routes.Cycle.generatePath({ assessmentName, cycleName }))
     }
   }, [assessmentName, countryIso, cycle, cycleName, navigate, user, userRole])
diff --git a/src/client/store/ui/dataExport/hooks/index.ts b/src/client/store/ui/dataExport/hooks/index.ts
index 5759996885..0fe9c68a06 100644
--- a/src/client/store/ui/dataExport/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/store/ui/dataExport/hooks/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const useDataExportCountries = (): Array<Country> => {
   // initialize data export countries
   if (Objects.isEmpty(countries)) {
     let countriesDataExport = countriesAll
-    if (Cycles.isPublished(cycle) && !Users.isAdministrator(user)) {
+    if (!Cycles.isPublished(cycle) && !Users.isAdministrator(user)) {
       countriesDataExport = countriesDataExport.filter((country) => userCountries.includes(country.countryIso))
     }
     if (Areas.isRegion(countryIso)) {
diff --git a/src/test/migrations/steps/20240919123658-step-update-cycle-props-published-date-status.ts b/src/test/migrations/steps/20240919123658-step-update-cycle-props-published-date-status.ts
index 6eb9649ad2..ca93433d66 100644
--- a/src/test/migrations/steps/20240919123658-step-update-cycle-props-published-date-status.ts
+++ b/src/test/migrations/steps/20240919123658-step-update-cycle-props-published-date-status.ts
@@ -59,18 +59,12 @@ export default async () => {
   }
 
   await client.query(`
-      do $$
-      begin
-        if exists (
-          select 1
-          from information_schema.columns
-          where table_name='assessment_cycle' and column_name='published'
-        ) then
+        do $$
+        begin
           alter table assessment_cycle
           drop column published,
           add column props jsonb default '{}'::jsonb not null;
-        end if;
-      end $$;
+        end $$;
       `)
 
   const assessments = await AssessmentController.getAll({})