diff --git a/adoptium-api-v3-persistence/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/dataSources/persitence/mongo/MongoInterface.kt b/adoptium-api-v3-persistence/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/dataSources/persitence/mongo/MongoInterface.kt
index 9086ceaa2..5b4e7d6f8 100644
--- a/adoptium-api-v3-persistence/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/dataSources/persitence/mongo/MongoInterface.kt
+++ b/adoptium-api-v3-persistence/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/dataSources/persitence/mongo/MongoInterface.kt
@@ -4,10 +4,19 @@ import com.mongodb.MongoCommandException
 import com.mongodb.kotlin.client.coroutine.MongoCollection
 import com.mongodb.kotlin.client.coroutine.MongoDatabase
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import net.adoptium.api.v3.config.APIConfig
+import net.adoptium.api.v3.config.DeploymentType
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
 abstract class MongoInterface {
 
+    companion object {
+        @JvmStatic
+        val LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MongoInterface::class.java)!!
+    }
+
     inline fun <reified T : Any> createCollection(database: MongoDatabase, collectionName: String): MongoCollection<T> {
+
         runBlocking {
             try {
                 database.createCollection(collectionName)
@@ -15,7 +24,10 @@ abstract class MongoInterface {
                 if (e.errorCode == 48) {
                     // collection already exists ... ignore
                 } else {
-                    throw e
+                    if (APIConfig.DEPLOYMENT_TYPE == DeploymentType.UPDATER) {
+                        LOGGER.warn("User does not have permission to create collection $collectionName", e)
+                        throw e
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/adoptium-frontend-parent/adoptium-api-v3-frontend/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Main.kt b/adoptium-frontend-parent/adoptium-api-v3-frontend/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Main.kt
index 58b711181..d8d30d4ea 100644
--- a/adoptium-frontend-parent/adoptium-api-v3-frontend/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Main.kt
+++ b/adoptium-frontend-parent/adoptium-api-v3-frontend/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Main.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import io.quarkus.runtime.Quarkus
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain
 import net.adoptium.api.v3.ai.AppInsightsTelemetry
+import net.adoptium.api.v3.config.APIConfig
+import net.adoptium.api.v3.config.DeploymentType
 
 
 @QuarkusMain
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ object Main {
     fun main(args: Array<String>) {
         // force eager startup of AppInsights, must be done from the main thread
         AppInsightsTelemetry.enabled
+        APIConfig.DEPLOYMENT_TYPE = DeploymentType.FRONTEND
+
         Quarkus.run(*args)
     }
 }
diff --git a/adoptium-frontend-parent/adoptium-api-v3-frontend/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Startup.kt b/adoptium-frontend-parent/adoptium-api-v3-frontend/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Startup.kt
index b44c35691..d51386863 100644
--- a/adoptium-frontend-parent/adoptium-api-v3-frontend/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Startup.kt
+++ b/adoptium-frontend-parent/adoptium-api-v3-frontend/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Startup.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import io.quarkus.runtime.Startup
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped
 import jakarta.inject.Inject
+import net.adoptium.api.v3.config.APIConfig
+import net.adoptium.api.v3.config.DeploymentType
 import net.adoptium.api.v3.dataSources.APIDataStore
 
 @ApplicationScoped
diff --git a/adoptium-models-parent/adoptium-api-v3-models/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/config/APIConfig.kt b/adoptium-models-parent/adoptium-api-v3-models/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/config/APIConfig.kt
index e522e05fb..dc7baf616 100644
--- a/adoptium-models-parent/adoptium-api-v3-models/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/config/APIConfig.kt
+++ b/adoptium-models-parent/adoptium-api-v3-models/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/config/APIConfig.kt
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ class APIConfig {
 
         // We will only update pre-releases if they are less than n days old
         var UPDATE_DAY_CUTOFF: Int = System.getenv("UPDATE_DAY_CUTOFF")?.toInt() ?: 90
+
+        var DEPLOYMENT_TYPE: DeploymentType = DeploymentType.valueOf((System.getenv("DEPLOYMENT_TYPE") ?: "FRONTEND").uppercase())
     }
 }
diff --git a/adoptium-models-parent/adoptium-api-v3-models/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/config/DeploymentType.kt b/adoptium-models-parent/adoptium-api-v3-models/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/config/DeploymentType.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0acebdf6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adoptium-models-parent/adoptium-api-v3-models/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/config/DeploymentType.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package net.adoptium.api.v3.config
+
+enum class DeploymentType {
+    FRONTEND, UPDATER
+}
diff --git a/adoptium-updater-parent/adoptium-api-v3-updater/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Main.kt b/adoptium-updater-parent/adoptium-api-v3-updater/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Main.kt
index 0c08e89ad..e3e917337 100644
--- a/adoptium-updater-parent/adoptium-api-v3-updater/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Main.kt
+++ b/adoptium-updater-parent/adoptium-api-v3-updater/src/main/kotlin/net/adoptium/api/v3/Main.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package net.adoptium.api.v3
 
+import net.adoptium.api.v3.config.APIConfig
+import net.adoptium.api.v3.config.DeploymentType
 import org.jboss.weld.environment.se.Weld
 
 class Main {
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ class Main {
         fun main(args: Array<String>) {
             // Force eager App insights loading
             // AppInsightsTelemetry.enabled
+            APIConfig.DEPLOYMENT_TYPE = DeploymentType.UPDATER
 
             val container = Weld().containerId("STATIC_INSTANCE").initialize()
             val v3Updater = container.select(V3Updater::class.java).get()
diff --git a/deploy/run.sh b/deploy/run.sh
index cc5e87f0b..14dd7f9b8 100644
--- a/deploy/run.sh
+++ b/deploy/run.sh
@@ -35,4 +35,6 @@ then
   export MONGODB_SSL="true"
 fi
 
+export DEPLOYMENT_TYPE="${deploymentType}"
+
 java $JAVA_OPTS -jar ${deploymentType}.jar