diff --git a/.github/workflows/database-restore.yml b/.github/workflows/database-restore.yml
index 48c82692b9..d7274fae72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/database-restore.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/database-restore.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           az storage blob upload --container-name database-backup \
           --file ${PROD_BACKUP}.tar.gz --name ${PROD_BACKUP}.tar.gz \
-          --connection-string '${{ env.STORAGE_CONN_STR }}'
+          --connection-string '${{ env.STORAGE_CONN_STR }}' --overwrite
 
       - name: Set env variable
         run: echo "SANITISED_FILE_NAME=publish_sanitised_$(date +"%F")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           rm ${{ env.PROD_BACKUP }}
 
           echo "::group::Backup Sanitised Database"
-          pg_dump --encoding utf8 --clean --no-owner --if-exists -d ${DATABASE_NAME} -f ${SANITISED_FILE_NAME}.sql.gz
+          pg_dump --compress=1 --encoding utf8 --clean --no-owner --if-exists -d ${DATABASE_NAME} -f ${SANITISED_FILE_NAME}.sql.gz
           echo "::endgroup::"
         env:
           DATABASE_NAME: teacher_training_api
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        environment: [qa, staging]
+        environment: [qa]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4