diff --git a/docker/docker-initialize.py b/docker/docker-initialize.py
index 7c8d5fb..50cce52 100644
--- a/docker/docker-initialize.py
+++ b/docker/docker-initialize.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.mq_ws_url = "https://" + env.get("MQ_WS_URL", "019999")
         self.mq_ws_login = env.get("MQ_WS_LOGIN", "testuser")
         self.mq_ws_password = env.get("MQ_WS_PASSWORD", "test")
-        self.hostname = env.get('HOSTNAME')
+        self.hostname = env.get("HOSTNAME")
+        self.bigbang = env.get("BIGBANG", "False")
 
         self.instance1_conf = '/plone/parts/instance/etc/zope.conf'
         self.instance_amqp_conf = '/plone/parts/instance-amqp/etc/zope.conf'
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def _fix_amqp(self, path):
     def fixtures(self):
         """ ZEO Client
         """
-        self._fix_conf(self.instance1_conf, True)
+        self._fix_conf(self.instance1_conf, bool(self.bigbang))
         self._fix_conf(self.instance_async_conf, False)
         self._fix_conf(self.instance_amqp_conf, False)
         # instance debug doesn't exist in dev env