diff --git a/cmd/ltctl/main.go b/cmd/ltctl/main.go
index ee7584e5c..c0c66bb61 100644
--- a/cmd/ltctl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ltctl/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func RunCreateCmdF(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create SSH agent: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	initData := config.DBDumpURI == ""
+	initData := config.DBDumpURI == "" || config.ExternalDBSettings.DataSource != ""
 	if err = t.Create(extAgent, initData); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create terraform env: %w", err)
 	}