diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb97988..19d0884 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). 
 
+## [5.2.3] - 2025-02-25
+### Added
+- Option to start gluesync listener without intializing glue databases.
+
 ## [5.2.2] - 2024-09-24
 ### Added
 - Upgrade Apiary extensions to 8.0.2 (was 7.3.9). (Glue Listener fix)
diff --git a/files/startup.sh b/files/startup.sh
index 725be4f..320627d 100755
--- a/files/startup.sh
+++ b/files/startup.sh
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ if [ -z $EXTERNAL_DATABASE ] && [ "$HIVE_METASTORE_ACCESS_MODE" = "readwrite" ];
               DB_ID=`echo "select MAX(DB_ID)+1 from DBS"|mysql $MYSQL_OPTIONS`
               BUCKET_NAME=$(echo "${INSTANCE_NAME}-${AWS_ACCOUNT}-${AWS_REGION}-${HIVE_DB}"|tr "_" "-")
               echo "insert into DBS(DB_ID,DB_LOCATION_URI,NAME,OWNER_NAME,OWNER_TYPE) values(\"$DB_ID\",\"s3://${BUCKET_NAME}/\",\"${HIVE_DB}\",\"root\",\"USER\") on duplicate key update DB_LOCATION_URI=\"s3://${BUCKET_NAME}/\";"|mysql $MYSQL_OPTIONS
-              #create glue database
-              if [ ! -z $ENABLE_GLUESYNC ]; then
+              #create glue database if not created by terraform
+              if [ -z $DISABLE_GLUE_DB_INIT ] && [ ! -z $ENABLE_GLUESYNC ]; then
                   echo "creating glue database $HIVE_DB"
                   aws --region=${AWS_REGION} glue create-database --database-input Name=${GLUE_PREFIX}${HIVE_DB},LocationUri=s3://${BUCKET_NAME}/ &> /dev/null
                   aws --region=${AWS_REGION} glue update-database --name=${GLUE_PREFIX}${HIVE_DB} --database-input "Name=${GLUE_PREFIX}${HIVE_DB},LocationUri=s3://${BUCKET_NAME}/,Description=Managed by ${INSTANCE_NAME} datalake."