diff --git a/weatherApiService/src/main/resources/application.yml b/weatherApiService/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 6ac5f26..66522bd 100644
--- a/weatherApiService/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/weatherApiService/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spring:
       allow-pool-suspension: true  # Enable Hikari pool suspension for JVM checkpoint restore
   jpa:
     hibernate:
-      ddl-auto: update
+#      ddl-auto: none  # Disable automatic schema generation by Hibernate
       properties:
         hibernate:
           allow_jdbc_metadata_access: false  # Disable Hibernate usage of JDBC metadata