diff --git a/install/assets/defaults/10-db-backup b/install/assets/defaults/10-db-backup
index 6dc6717..c29be2d 100755
--- a/install/assets/defaults/10-db-backup
+++ b/install/assets/defaults/10-db-backup
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ S3_PROTOCOL=${S3_PROTOCOL:-"https"}
 SCRIPT_LOCATION_PRE=${SCRIPT_LOCATION_PRE:-"/assets/scripts/pre/"}
 SCRIPT_LOCATION_POST=${SCRIPT_LOCATION_POST:-"/assets/scripts/post/"}
 SIZE_VALUE=${SIZE_VALUE:-"bytes"}
-SKIP_AVAILABILITY_CHECK=${SKIP_AVAILABILITY_CHECK:-"TRUE"}
+SKIP_AVAILABILITY_CHECK=${SKIP_AVAILABILITY_CHECK:-"FALSE"}
 SPLIT_DB=${SPLIT_DB:-"TRUE"}
 TEMP_LOCATION=${TEMP_LOCATION:-"/tmp/backups"}
diff --git a/install/assets/functions/10-db-backup b/install/assets/functions/10-db-backup
index 4e02c3d..9c62114 100755
--- a/install/assets/functions/10-db-backup
+++ b/install/assets/functions/10-db-backup
@@ -399,7 +399,9 @@ check_availability() {
                 esac
             ;;
             "mongo" )
-                if [ "${MONGO_HOST_TYPE,,}" != "atlas" ] || [ -z "${MONGO_CUSTOM_URI}" ]; then
+                if [ "${MONGO_HOST_TYPE,,}" = "atlas" ] || [ -z "${MONGO_CUSTOM_URI}" ]; then
+                    print_debug "Skipping Connectivity Check"
+                else
                     counter=0
                     while ! (nc -z ${DB_HOST} ${DB_PORT}) ; do
                         sleep 5