diff --git a/charts/vs-registrar/files/init-db.sh b/charts/vs-registrar/files/init-db.sh
index f6c89d08d85ab8014ce5de16ba23967b0b38f1dc..6d3d6566f7d8e4d14768e567473d747aa1520f5e 100644
--- a/charts/vs-registrar/files/init-db.sh
+++ b/charts/vs-registrar/files/init-db.sh
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@
 {{- if .Values.global.collections }}
 if python3 manage.py id check {{ index (keys $.Values.global.collections | sortAlpha) 0 | quote }}; then
     echo "Initializing database"
-
+    {{- if .Values.config.createDefaultCoverageTypes }}
     python3 manage.py coveragetype import /opt/core/rgbnir_definition.json --traceback
 
     python3 manage.py coveragetype import /opt/core/def-sentinel-2-l1c-l2a.json --traceback
+    {{- end }}
 
     {{- if $.Values.global.coverageTypes }}
     {{- range $coverageType := $.Values.global.coverageTypes }}
diff --git a/charts/vs-registrar/values.yaml b/charts/vs-registrar/values.yaml
index 837c62a3215f4b0500f6b98a7ae04e947a1bf78f..257e64a2bad1d8860aba14cfd86a20044818e5c9 100644
--- a/charts/vs-registrar/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/vs-registrar/values.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ config:
   pathBackends: []
   preHandlers: []
   postHandlers: []
+  createDefaultCoverageTypes: true
 
 global:
   env:
diff --git a/charts/vs-renderer/files/init-db.sh b/charts/vs-renderer/files/init-db.sh
index f6c89d08d85ab8014ce5de16ba23967b0b38f1dc..6d3d6566f7d8e4d14768e567473d747aa1520f5e 100644
--- a/charts/vs-renderer/files/init-db.sh
+++ b/charts/vs-renderer/files/init-db.sh
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@
 {{- if .Values.global.collections }}
 if python3 manage.py id check {{ index (keys $.Values.global.collections | sortAlpha) 0 | quote }}; then
     echo "Initializing database"
-
+    {{- if .Values.config.createDefaultCoverageTypes }}
     python3 manage.py coveragetype import /opt/core/rgbnir_definition.json --traceback
 
     python3 manage.py coveragetype import /opt/core/def-sentinel-2-l1c-l2a.json --traceback
+    {{- end }}
 
     {{- if $.Values.global.coverageTypes }}
     {{- range $coverageType := $.Values.global.coverageTypes }}
diff --git a/charts/vs-renderer/values.yaml b/charts/vs-renderer/values.yaml
index ec583ac4f8109bbe77e4eb9d2dc42e4f57ed8b93..d17d4df396d41bbba3ca6998336f372778c45e25 100644
--- a/charts/vs-renderer/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/vs-renderer/values.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ ingress:
 
 config:
   enableHttpAccess: false
+  createDefaultCoverageTypes: true
 
 global:
   env: