diff --git a/backend/lib/tasks/import.rake b/backend/lib/tasks/import.rake
index 8a05b4698ea..4c8b0110a0a 100644
--- a/backend/lib/tasks/import.rake
+++ b/backend/lib/tasks/import.rake
@@ -9,19 +9,21 @@ require_relative '../importer'
 
 namespace :gh do 
   task :set_tiflash_replica => :environment do 
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE github_events SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE db_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE collections SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE collection_items SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE web_framework_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE nocode_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE static_site_generator_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE web_framework_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE cn_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE cn_orgs SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE js_framework_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE css_framework_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
-    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE users SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+    if ENV["SKIP_REPLICA"].blank?
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE github_events SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE db_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE collections SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE collection_items SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE web_framework_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE nocode_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE static_site_generator_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE web_framework_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE cn_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE cn_orgs SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE js_framework_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE css_framework_repos SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("ALTER TABLE users SET TIFLASH REPLICA 1")
+    end
   end
 
   task :load_sample => :environment do