diff --git a/persist/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/CustomDatabasePopulator.java b/persist/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/CustomDatabasePopulator.java
index 20541e0bb7851446f67da283f22fbba099707ab5..1f0a9d9d28435d3db8d0092576dc70fe31839ef3 100644
--- a/persist/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/CustomDatabasePopulator.java
+++ b/persist/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/CustomDatabasePopulator.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class CustomDatabasePopulator implements DatabasePopulator {
     flyway.setBaselineVersionAsString("12.1.0");
     flyway.setOutOfOrder(true);
     flyway.setBaselineOnMigrate(true);
+    flyway.setValidateOnMigrate(false);
     flyway.migrate();
 
   }