diff --git a/my_deploy.sh b/my_deploy.sh
index 7cd94d136a56e73ba3fca84a66474dca45eec541..d18c5db7fd502276cbeaea859a421673c77d6146 100755
--- a/my_deploy.sh
+++ b/my_deploy.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export CRDB_DATABASE="tfs"
 export CRDB_DEPLOY_MODE="single"
 
 # Disable flag for dropping database, if it exists.
-export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS=""
+export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS="YES"
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying CockroachDB from scratch.
 export CRDB_REDEPLOY=""
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export QDB_TABLE_MONITORING_KPIS="tfs_monitoring_kpis"
 export QDB_TABLE_SLICE_GROUPS="tfs_slice_groups"
 
 # Disable flag for dropping tables if they exist.
-export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST=""
+export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST="YES"
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
 export QDB_REDEPLOY=""