diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b0bf835a5abd8649cb921fc904f3b03891045df4..c406f4d9a6a4327ff466bf7104efdcee81d9e72f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spring.main.web-application-type=REACTIVE
 spring.jpa.generate-ddl=true
 spring.jpa.show-sql=false
 # This setting should only be used in dev. In prod we want to switch to update
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.enable_lazy_load_no_trans=true
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.bytecode.use_reflection_optimizer=false