diff --git a/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml b/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
index 927673c41..2cb5b9791 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/cassandra/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: cassandra-backend
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: 0
   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 305983c0d..6e68790cd 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
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
 metadata:
-  name: cassandra-db-copy-from-veles-2
+  name: cassandra-db-copy-from-veles-3
   namespace: cassandra
 spec:
   suspend: false
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ spec:
               pg_dump --format=custom --no-owner --no-acl \
                 --dbname="${SOURCE_DATABASE_URL}" \
                 --file="${dump_path}"
-              pg_restore --clean --if-exists --no-owner --no-acl \
+              psql -X --set=ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --dbname="${TARGET_DATABASE_URL}" \
+                --command="DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS public CASCADE; CREATE SCHEMA public; GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO cassandra; GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO public;"
+              pg_restore --no-owner --no-acl \
                 --dbname="${TARGET_DATABASE_URL}" \
                 "${dump_path}"