diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index a739e84..29bd276 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 set :tag_on_deploy, false
 set :build_gems, false
 set :compress_assets, false
+set :backup_database_before_migrations, false
 
 set :keep_releases, 6
 after "deploy:update", "deploy:cleanup"