diff --git a/lib/data_update_scripts/20220203165540_update_article_cached_attribute_around_main_image.rb b/lib/data_update_scripts/20220203165540_update_article_cached_attribute_around_main_image.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d12940cb..000000000
--- a/lib/data_update_scripts/20220203165540_update_article_cached_attribute_around_main_image.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-module DataUpdateScripts
-  class UpdateArticleCachedAttributeAroundMainImage
-    # @note This is a re-runniing of an earlier version of
-    #       `lib/data_update_scripts/20220120052641_backfill_column_main_image_from_frontmatter.rb`
-
-    # @see https://github.com/forem/forem/blob/9a11beec50f93dee1bbd58331028236205026084/lib/data_update_scripts/20220120052641_backfill_column_main_image_from_frontmatter.rb
-    # for original version.
-    def run
-      Article.where(main_image_from_frontmatter: false).find_each do |article|
-        fixed_body_markdown = MarkdownProcessor::Fixer::FixAll.call(article.body_markdown || "")
-        parsed = FrontMatterParser::Parser.new(:md).call(fixed_body_markdown)
-        article.update_column(:main_image_from_frontmatter, true) if parsed.front_matter&.key?("cover_image")
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/data_update_scripts/20220203194510_update_article_flag_without_parsing_article.rb b/lib/data_update_scripts/20220203194510_update_article_flag_without_parsing_article.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe5998f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/data_update_scripts/20220203194510_update_article_flag_without_parsing_article.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module DataUpdateScripts
+  class UpdateArticleFlagWithoutParsingArticle
+    def run
+      # Query cribbed from https://dev.to/admin/blazer/queries/545-articles-containing-a-given-string-in-the-markdown?substring=cover_image%3A+
+      Article.where(main_image_from_frontmatter: false).find_each do |article|
+        has_cover_image = false
+        begin
+          fixed_body_markdown = MarkdownProcessor::Fixer::FixAll.call(article.body_markdown || "")
+          parsed = FrontMatterParser::Parser.new(:md).call(fixed_body_markdown)
+          has_cover_image = parsed.front_matter.key?("cover_image")
+        rescue StandardError
+          # Piping this to /dev/null, because we can't assume this article is processible in our
+          # current application state
+          ForemStatsClient.increment "dus.update_article_flag_without_parsing_article.errors"
+        end
+
+        article.update_column(:main_image_from_frontmatter, true) if has_cover_image
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/update_article_cached_attribute_around_main_image_spec.rb b/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/update_article_flag_without_parsing_article_spec.rb
similarity index 75%
rename from spec/lib/data_update_scripts/update_article_cached_attribute_around_main_image_spec.rb
rename to spec/lib/data_update_scripts/update_article_flag_without_parsing_article_spec.rb
index 6c7371312..bb71df20f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/update_article_cached_attribute_around_main_image_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/update_article_flag_without_parsing_article_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 require Rails.root.join(
-  "lib/data_update_scripts/20220203165540_update_article_cached_attribute_around_main_image.rb",
+  "lib/data_update_scripts/20220203194510_update_article_flag_without_parsing_article.rb",
 )
 
-RSpec.describe DataUpdateScripts::UpdateArticleCachedAttributeAroundMainImage do
+RSpec.describe DataUpdateScripts::UpdateArticleFlagWithoutParsingArticle do
   let(:article_without_image) { create(:article, with_main_image: false) }
   let(:article_main_image) { create(:article, with_main_image: true) }
   let(:article_markdown_image) do
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RSpec.describe DataUpdateScripts::UpdateArticleCachedAttributeAroundMainImage do
     article_without_image
     article_main_image
     # Need to do the following for the script to even run.
-    article_markdown_image.update_column(:main_image_from_frontmatter, false)
+    article_markdown_image.update_columns(main_image_from_frontmatter: false, main_image: "https://awesome.com/image.url")
   end
 
   it "set main_image_from_frontmatter to true only for articles with cover_image in body_markdown" do