diff --git a/module.tf b/module.tf
index 4a3060f..67e7b4a 100644
--- a/module.tf
+++ b/module.tf
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ variable "database_backup_info" {
       image   = "mysql"
       command = "mariadb-dump -h $DB_HOST -u $MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE |gzip -9 > /backup/$(DB_DATABASE_NAME)-DB-$(date +%Y%m%d).sql.gz"
     }
+    sqlserver = {
+      image   = "sqlserver"
+      command = "sqlserver backup"
+
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -209,7 +214,7 @@ resource "kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim_v1" "automatic-pvc" {
   }
 }
 resource "kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim_v1" "automatic-pvc-database" {
-  for_each = { for key, value in var.kubernetes : key => value if value.database != null && value.enabled == true }
+  for_each = { for key, value in var.kubernetes : key => value if value.database != null && value.enabled == true && !(try(value.database.shunt, false)) }
   metadata {
     namespace = coalesce(each.value.namespace, each.value.connected_namespace, each.key)
     name      = "${each.key}-db-pvc"
@@ -312,7 +317,7 @@ resource "kubernetes_service_v1" "automatic_service" {
 }
 
 resource "kubernetes_service_v1" "automatic_service_database" {
-  for_each = { for key, value in var.kubernetes : key => value if value.database != null && value.enabled == true }
+  for_each = { for key, value in var.kubernetes : key => value if value.database != null && value.enabled == true && !(try(value.database.shunt, false)) }
   metadata {
     name      = "${each.key}-db-svc"
     namespace = coalesce(each.value.namespace, each.value.connected_namespace, each.key)
@@ -582,7 +587,7 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "automatic" {
 
 
 resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "database-automatic" {
-  for_each = { for key, value in var.kubernetes : key => value if value.database != null && value.enabled == true }
+  for_each = { for key, value in var.kubernetes : key => value if value.database != null && value.enabled == true && !(try(value.database.shunt, false)) }
 
 
   metadata {
@@ -714,7 +719,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_cron_job_v1" "database-backup" {
       app               = each.key
       deployment_method = "Terraform"
       database          = "true"
-      #image = try(var.database_backup_info[each.value.database.engine].image, var.database_backup_info.postgres.image)
     }
   }
   spec {
diff --git a/variables.auto.tfvars b/variables.auto.tfvars
index e850770..8e562d5 100644
--- a/variables.auto.tfvars
+++ b/variables.auto.tfvars
@@ -2331,6 +2331,10 @@ kubernetes = {
     service_port        = [1433, 5000]
     config_map_ref      = ["mssql.env", "uid.env", "mssql.override.env"]
     environment         = {}
+    database = {
+      "shunt"  = "true"
+      "engine" = "sqlserver"
+    }
 
     pvc = {
       bitwarden-mssql = {