diff --git a/apps/api/src/.env.development b/apps/api/src/.env.development
index 1fa679e99c5..2bee90979c8 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/.env.development
+++ b/apps/api/src/.env.development
@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ INTERCOM_IDENTITY_VERIFICATION_SECRET_KEY=
 LAUNCH_DARKLY_SDK_KEY=
 
 IS_API_IDEMPOTENCY_ENABLED=false
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=true
diff --git a/apps/api/src/.env.production b/apps/api/src/.env.production
index 6936de8f8f4..d7fe721448c 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/.env.production
+++ b/apps/api/src/.env.production
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ INTERCOM_IDENTITY_VERIFICATION_SECRET_KEY=
 LAUNCH_DARKLY_SDK_KEY=
 
 IS_API_IDEMPOTENCY_ENABLED=false
+## This value should be set to true if it is the first time you are running the with the database
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=false
diff --git a/apps/api/src/.env.test b/apps/api/src/.env.test
index 31f183d0f2b..4c4e94f8a1f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/.env.test
+++ b/apps/api/src/.env.test
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ REDIS_CACHE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=
 REDIS_CACHE_KEEP_ALIVE=
 REDIS_CACHE_FAMILY=
 REDIS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX=
-REDIS_CACHE_ENABLE_AUTOPIPELINING=false 
+REDIS_CACHE_ENABLE_AUTOPIPELINING=false
 
 IS_REQUEST_RATE_LIMITING_ENABLED=false
 IS_IN_MEMORY_CLUSTER_MODE_ENABLED=false
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ NOVU_SMS_INTEGRATION_TOKEN=test
 NOVU_SMS_INTEGRATION_SENDER=1234567890
 
 IS_API_IDEMPOTENCY_ENABLED=true
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=true
diff --git a/apps/inbound-mail/.example.env b/apps/inbound-mail/.example.env
index cb33a758e93..3cda03eb73a 100644
--- a/apps/inbound-mail/.example.env
+++ b/apps/inbound-mail/.example.env
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ REDIS_HOST="localhost"
 REDIS_PORT="6379"
 
 LOGGING_LEVEL=info
+## This value should be set to true if it is the first time you are running the with the database
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=false
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/.env.development b/apps/worker/src/.env.development
index 84ef802331a..7f599a088bb 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/.env.development
+++ b/apps/worker/src/.env.development
@@ -67,3 +67,5 @@ NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME="[DEV] - worker"
 
 # Launch Darkly
 LAUNCH_DARKLY_SDK_KEY=
+
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=true
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/.env.production b/apps/worker/src/.env.production
index 391b9be2e6c..f98009abe3f 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/.env.production
+++ b/apps/worker/src/.env.production
@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME="[PROD] - worker"
 
 # Launch Darkly
 LAUNCH_DARKLY_SDK_KEY=
+
+
+## This value should be set to true if it is the first time you are running the with the database
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=false
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/.env.test b/apps/worker/src/.env.test
index 1ab03f2740d..c7966197604 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/.env.test
+++ b/apps/worker/src/.env.test
@@ -72,3 +72,5 @@ LOGGING_LEVEL=error
 
 # Launch Darkly
 LAUNCH_DARKLY_SDK_KEY=
+
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=true
diff --git a/apps/ws/src/.env.development b/apps/ws/src/.env.development
index 8eac9074863..fd24ac4b07d 100644
--- a/apps/ws/src/.env.development
+++ b/apps/ws/src/.env.development
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ NEW_RELIC_ENABLED=true
 NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME="[DEV] - ws"
 NEW_RELIC_APPLICATION_LOGGING_FORWARDING_ENABLED=true
 LOGGING_LEVEL=info
+
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=true
diff --git a/apps/ws/src/.env.production b/apps/ws/src/.env.production
index 000ab6edfee..d043a8faff8 100644
--- a/apps/ws/src/.env.production
+++ b/apps/ws/src/.env.production
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ NEW_RELIC_ENABLED=true
 NEW_RELIC_APPLICATION_LOGGING_FORWARDING_ENABLED=true
 LOGGING_LEVEL=info
 MONGO_MIN_POOL_SIZE=50
+
+## This value should be set to true if it is the first time you are running the with the database
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=false
diff --git a/apps/ws/src/.env.test b/apps/ws/src/.env.test
index 35a085e1704..93d25a0ec66 100644
--- a/apps/ws/src/.env.test
+++ b/apps/ws/src/.env.test
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ GLOBAL_CONTEXT_PATH=
 WS_CONTEXT_PATH=
 
 LOGGING_LEVEL=error
+AUTO_CREATE_INDEXES=true