diff --git a/lib/db/clickhouse.js b/lib/db/clickhouse.js
index 5d9bb99c..d8ab954c 100644
--- a/lib/db/clickhouse.js
+++ b/lib/db/clickhouse.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ const { getClickhouseUrl } = require('./clickhouse_options')
 
 // External Storage Policy for Tables (S3, MINIO)
 const storagePolicy = process.env.STORAGE_POLICY || false
+// Clickhouse Distributed Engine setting to skip unavailable shards
+const skipUnavailableShards = process.env.SKIP_UNAVAILABLE_SHARDS || false
 
 const { StringStream, DataStream } = require('scramjet')
 
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ const initialize = async function (dbName) {
   }
   if (!isOmitTablesCreation()) {
     const maintain = require('./maintain/index')
-    await maintain.upgrade({ name: dbName, storage_policy: storagePolicy })
+    await maintain.upgrade({ name: dbName, storage_policy: storagePolicy, skip_unavailable_shards: skipUnavailableShards })
     await maintain.rotate([{
       db: dbName,
       samples_days: rotationSamples,
diff --git a/lib/db/maintain/index.js b/lib/db/maintain/index.js
index b66aaabd..9330d327 100644
--- a/lib/db/maintain/index.js
+++ b/lib/db/maintain/index.js
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ const getEnv = () => {
 
 /**
  *
- * @param db {{name: string, storage_policy: string}}
+ * @param db {{name: string, storage_policy: string, skip_unavailable_shards: boolean}}
  * @returns {Promise<void>}
  */
 module.exports.upgrade = async (db) => {
-  await upgradeSingle(db.name, 1, scripts.overall, db.storage_policy)
-  await upgradeSingle(db.name, 2, scripts.traces, db.storage_policy)
-  await upgradeSingle(db.name, 5, scripts.profiles, db.storage_policy)
+  await upgradeSingle(db.name, 1, scripts.overall, db.storage_policy, false)
+  await upgradeSingle(db.name, 2, scripts.traces, db.storage_policy, false)
+  await upgradeSingle(db.name, 5, scripts.profiles, db.storage_policy, false)
   if (db.storage_policy) {
     await client.addSetting('rotate', 'v3_storage_policy', db.storage_policy, db.name)
     await client.addSetting('rotate', 'v1_traces_storage_policy', db.storage_policy, db.name)
   }
   if (clusterName) {
-    await upgradeSingle(db.name, 3, scripts.overall_dist, db.storage_policy)
-    await upgradeSingle(db.name, 4, scripts.traces_dist, db.storage_policy)
-    await upgradeSingle(db.name, 6, scripts.profiles_dist, db.storage_policy)
+    await upgradeSingle(db.name, 3, scripts.overall_dist, db.storage_policy, db.skip_unavailable_shards)
+    await upgradeSingle(db.name, 4, scripts.traces_dist, db.storage_policy, db.skip_unavailable_shards)
+    await upgradeSingle(db.name, 6, scripts.profiles_dist, db.storage_policy, db.skip_unavailable_shards)
   }
 }
 
@@ -39,10 +39,18 @@ let isDBCreated = false
  * @param key {number}
  * @param scripts {string[]}
  * @param storagePolicy {string}
+ * @param skipUnavailableShards {boolean}
  */
-const upgradeSingle = async (db, key, scripts, storagePolicy) => {
+const upgradeSingle = async (db, key, scripts, storagePolicy, skipUnavailableShards) => {
   const _upgradeRequest = (request, useDefaultDB, updateVer) => {
-    return upgradeRequest({ db, useDefaultDB, updateVer, storage_policy: storagePolicy }, request)
+    return upgradeRequest({
+      db,
+      useDefaultDB,
+      updateVer,
+      storage_policy:
+      storagePolicy,
+      skip_unavailable_shards: skipUnavailableShards
+    }, request)
   }
   if (!isDBCreated) {
     isDBCreated = true
@@ -68,7 +76,13 @@ const upgradeSingle = async (db, key, scripts, storagePolicy) => {
 }
 
 /**
- * @param opts {{db: string, useDefaultDB: boolean, updateVer: {key: number, to: number}, storage_policy: string}}
+ * @param opts {{
+ *   db: string,
+ *   useDefaultDB: boolean,
+ *   updateVer: {key: number, to: number},
+ *   storage_policy: string,
+ *   skip_unavailable_shards: boolean
+ *   }}
  * @param request {string} database to update
  * @returns {Promise<void>}
  */
@@ -83,7 +97,8 @@ const upgradeRequest = async (opts, request) => {
     MergeTree: clusterName ? 'ReplicatedMergeTree' : 'MergeTree',
     ReplacingMergeTree: clusterName ? 'ReplicatedReplacingMergeTree' : 'ReplacingMergeTree',
     AggregatingMergeTree: clusterName ? 'ReplicatedAggregatingMergeTree' : 'AggregatingMergeTree',
-    CREATE_SETTINGS: opts.storage_policy ? `SETTINGS storage_policy='${opts.storage_policy}'` : ''
+    CREATE_SETTINGS: opts.storage_policy ? `SETTINGS storage_policy='${opts.storage_policy}'` : '',
+    DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS: opts.skip_unavailable_shards ? `SETTINGS skip_unavailable_shards=1` : ''
   })
   await client.rawRequest(request, null, opts.useDefaultDB ? opts.db : undefined)
   if (opts.updateVer) {
diff --git a/lib/db/maintain/scripts.js b/lib/db/maintain/scripts.js
index 8baaf313..aac4b8ad 100644
--- a/lib/db/maintain/scripts.js
+++ b/lib/db/maintain/scripts.js
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ module.exports.overall_dist = [
     \`count\` AggregateFunction(count),
     \`sum\` SimpleAggregateFunction(sum, Float64),
     \`bytes\` SimpleAggregateFunction(sum, Float64)
-) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}', '{{DB}}', 'metrics_15s', fingerprint)`,
+) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}', '{{DB}}', 'metrics_15s', fingerprint) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.samples_v3_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
   \`fingerprint\` UInt64,
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ module.exports.overall_dist = [
   \`fingerprint\` UInt64,
   \`labels\` String,
   \`name\` String
-) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'time_series', fingerprint);`,
+) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'time_series', fingerprint) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.settings_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
   \`fingerprint\` UInt64,
@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ module.exports.overall_dist = [
   \`name\` String,
   \`value\` String,
   \`inserted_at\` DateTime64(9, 'UTC')
-) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'settings', rand());`,
+) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'settings', rand()) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.time_series_gin_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
     date Date,
     key String,
     val String,
     fingerprint UInt64
-   )  ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'time_series_gin', rand());`,
+   )  ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'time_series_gin', rand()) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   'ALTER TABLE {{DB}}.metrics_15s_dist {{{OnCluster}}} ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS `type` UInt8;',
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ module.exports.traces_dist = [
   key String,
   val_id String,
   val String
-) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'tempo_traces_kv', sipHash64(oid, key));`,
+) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'tempo_traces_kv', sipHash64(oid, key)) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.tempo_traces_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
   oid String,
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ module.exports.traces_dist = [
   service_name String,
   payload_type Int8,
   payload String,
-) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'tempo_traces', sipHash64(oid, trace_id));`,
+) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'tempo_traces', sipHash64(oid, trace_id)) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.tempo_traces_attrs_gin_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
   oid String,
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ module.exports.traces_dist = [
   span_id FixedString(8),
   timestamp_ns Int64,
   duration Int64
-) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'tempo_traces_attrs_gin', sipHash64(oid, trace_id));`
+) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}', 'tempo_traces_attrs_gin', sipHash64(oid, trace_id)) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`
 ]
 
 module.exports.profiles = [
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ module.exports.profiles_dist = [
     payload_type LowCardinality(String),
     payload String,
     values_agg Array(Tuple(String, Int64, Int32))
-  ) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}','profiles', fingerprint);`,
+  ) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}','profiles', fingerprint) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.profiles_series_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
     date Date,
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ module.exports.profiles_dist = [
     service_name LowCardinality(String),
     fingerprint UInt64 CODEC(DoubleDelta, ZSTD(1)),
     tags Array(Tuple(String, String)) CODEC(ZSTD(1))
-  ) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}','profiles_series',fingerprint);`,
+  ) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}','profiles_series',fingerprint) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.profiles_series_gin_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
     date Date,
@@ -457,14 +457,14 @@ module.exports.profiles_dist = [
     type_id LowCardinality(String),
     service_name LowCardinality(String),
     fingerprint UInt64 CODEC(DoubleDelta, ZSTD(1))
-  ) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}','profiles_series_gin',fingerprint);`,
+  ) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}','profiles_series_gin',fingerprint) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.profiles_series_keys_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
     date Date,
     key String,
     val String,
     val_id UInt64
-  ) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}','profiles_series_keys', rand());`,
+  ) ENGINE = Distributed('{{CLUSTER}}','{{DB}}','profiles_series_keys', rand()) {{{DIST_CREATE_SETTINGS}}};`,
 
   `ALTER TABLE {{DB}}.profiles_dist {{{OnCluster}}}
     ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS \`tree\` Array(Tuple(UInt64, UInt64, UInt64, Array(Tuple(String, Int64, Int64)))),