diff --git a/sql/init-mysql.sh b/sql/init-mysql.sh
index 602b168..9c21e3b 100755
--- a/sql/init-mysql.sh
+++ b/sql/init-mysql.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 export MYSQL_PWD=root
 # AUTH="--defaults-extra-file=./sql/my-gha.cnf"
 
-mysql --user=root -e 'DROP DATABASE nictool;' || exit 1
+# mysql --user=root -e 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS nictool;' || exit 1
 mysql --user=root -e 'CREATE DATABASE nictool;' || exit 1
 
 for f in './sql/*.sql';