diff --git a/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml b/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
index 2cb5b9791..927673c41 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: cassandra-backend
 spec:
-  replicas: 0
+  replicas: 1
   revisionHistoryLimit: 2
   strategy:
     type: RollingUpdate
diff --git a/services/cassandra/migration-jobs/db-copy-veles-to-cassandra-job.yaml b/services/cassandra/migration-jobs/db-copy-veles-to-cassandra-job.yaml
index 6e68790cd..a9c3f4c54 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/migration-jobs/db-copy-veles-to-cassandra-job.yaml
+++ b/services/cassandra/migration-jobs/db-copy-veles-to-cassandra-job.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cassandra-db-copy-from-veles-3
   namespace: cassandra
 spec:
-  suspend: false
+  suspend: true
   backoffLimit: 0
   ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 86400
   template: