diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml
index d4034605..14ee0cd0 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spring:
     hibernate:
       ddl-auto: validate
     database-platform: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect
-    defer-datasource-initialization: true
+    defer-datasource-initialization: false
     open-in-view: false
   flyway:
     enabled: true