diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/SelfHost/SelfHostDatabaseConsistency.php b/app/Console/Commands/SelfHost/SelfHostDatabaseConsistency.php
index 88a11184..4764bdd0 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/SelfHost/SelfHostDatabaseConsistency.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/SelfHost/SelfHostDatabaseConsistency.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class SelfHostDatabaseConsistency extends Command
         $problems = DB::table('time_entries')
             ->select(['time_entries.id as id'])
             ->join('tasks', 'time_entries.task_id', '=', 'tasks.id')
-            ->where('tasks.project_id', '!=', DB::raw('time_entries.project_id'))
+            ->whereRaw('tasks.project_id is distinct from time_entries.project_id')
             ->get();
         $this->logProblems($problems, 'Time entries have a task that does not belong to the project of the time entry', $hadAProblem);
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Console/Commands/SelfHost/SelfHostDatabaseConsistencyCommandTest.php b/tests/Unit/Console/Commands/SelfHost/SelfHostDatabaseConsistencyCommandTest.php
index 26491860..73f97f19 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Console/Commands/SelfHost/SelfHostDatabaseConsistencyCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Console/Commands/SelfHost/SelfHostDatabaseConsistencyCommandTest.php
@@ -38,6 +38,26 @@ class SelfHostDatabaseConsistencyCommandTest extends TestCaseWithDatabase
         $this->assertSame("Consistency problem: Time entries have a task that does not belong to the project of the time entry\n  - ".$timeEntry->getKey()."\n", $output);
     }
 
+    public function test_checks_that_task_need_to_be_part_of_project_in_time_entries_with_no_project_in_time_entry(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        $user = $this->createUserWithRole(Role::Owner);
+        $project = Project::factory()->forOrganization($user->organization)->create();
+        $task = Task::factory()->forOrganization($user->organization)->forProject($project)->create();
+        $timeEntry = TimeEntry::factory()->forMember($user->member)->forTask($task)->create([
+            'project_id' => null,
+            'client_id' => null,
+        ]);
+
+        // Act
+        $exitCode = $this->withoutMockingConsoleOutput()->artisan('self-host:database-consistency');
+
+        // Assert
+        $this->assertSame(Command::FAILURE, $exitCode);
+        $output = Artisan::output();
+        $this->assertSame("Consistency problem: Time entries have a task that does not belong to the project of the time entry\n  - ".$timeEntry->getKey()."\n", $output);
+    }
+
     public function test_checks_that_client_id_is_the_client_id_of_the_project(): void
     {
         // Arrange