diff --git a/deploy/tfs.sh b/deploy/tfs.sh
index 6626262f8445ffcb63e737d1b236056d1b0467ba..00bc2d48f33ba017768167e38e1c13d58e472407 100755
--- a/deploy/tfs.sh
+++ b/deploy/tfs.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export TFS_SKIP_BUILD=${TFS_SKIP_BUILD:-""}
 
 # If not already set, disable build-if-exists flag to skip building Docker images if they already exist.
 # If TFS_BUILD_IF_EXISTS is "NO", the containers are not rebuilt if they already exist.
-export TFS_BUILD_IF_EXISTS=${TFS_BUILD_IF_EXISTS:-"NO"}
+export TFS_BUILD_IF_EXISTS=${TFS_BUILD_IF_EXISTS:-"YES"}
 
 
 # ----- CockroachDB ------------------------------------------------------------