diff --git a/my_deploy.sh b/my_deploy.sh
index c8cacf4a8431bd826227169c6046baaf78882853..6f0e64afe311b8e56446caabfac6329024c207a9 100755
--- a/my_deploy.sh
+++ b/my_deploy.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export QDB_PASSWORD="quest"
 export QDB_TABLE="tfs_monitoring"
 
 ## If not already set, disable flag for dropping table if exists.
-export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=""
+#export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=""
 
 # If not already set, disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
 export QDB_REDEPLOY=""