# databaseSchemaUpdate in application.properties

**URL:** https://forum.flowable.org/t/databaseschemaupdate-in-application-properties/3497
**Category:** Flowable Engine
**Created:** [February 26, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/databaseschemaupdate-in-application-properties/3497 "2019-02-26T15:13:27Z")
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### Author: ![timostolz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@timostolz](https://forum.flowable.org/u/timostolz)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/databaseschemaupdate-in-application-properties/3497/1 "2019-02-26T15:13:27Z")

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We deploy Flowable as a Spring Boot application. How can we set databaseSchemaUpdate to false in the application.properties file? We do not have an XML-file with all the bean-setup as shown in the docs.

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### Author: ![Vzy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/vzy/32/1158_2.png) [@Vzy](https://forum.flowable.org/u/Vzy)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/databaseschemaupdate-in-application-properties/3497/2 "2019-02-27T10:40:44Z")

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not sure, but please try with,  
databaseSchemaUpdate=false