diff --git a/internal/query/query.go b/internal/query/query.go
index c7270f256..e69311b63 100644
--- a/internal/query/query.go
+++ b/internal/query/query.go
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ func StartQueries(ctx context.Context, es *eventstore.Eventstore, projections pr
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = projection.Start(ctx, es, projections)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	// turned off for this release
+	// err = projection.Start(ctx, es, projections)
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return nil, err
+	// }
 
 	return repo, nil
 }
diff --git a/migrations/cockroach/V1.63__es_previous_agg_root_seq.sql b/migrations/cockroach/V1.63__es_previous_agg_root_seq.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 607663997..000000000
--- a/migrations/cockroach/V1.63__es_previous_agg_root_seq.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-BEGIN;
-
-ALTER TABLE eventstore.events
-    RENAME COLUMN previous_sequence TO previous_aggregate_sequence,
-    ADD COLUMN previous_aggregate_type_sequence INT8, 
-    ADD CONSTRAINT prev_agg_type_seq_unique UNIQUE(previous_aggregate_type_sequence);
-
-COMMIT;
-
-SET CLUSTER SETTING kv.closed_timestamp.target_duration = '2m';
-
-BEGIN;
-WITH data AS (
-    SELECT 
-    event_sequence, 
-    LAG(event_sequence) 
-        OVER (
-            PARTITION BY aggregate_type 
-            ORDER BY event_sequence
-        ) as prev_seq,
-    aggregate_type
-    FROM eventstore.events
-    ORDER BY event_sequence
-) UPDATE eventstore.events 
-    SET previous_aggregate_type_sequence = data.prev_seq
-    FROM data 
-    WHERE data.event_sequence = events.event_sequence;
-COMMIT;
-
-SET CLUSTER SETTING kv.closed_timestamp.target_duration TO DEFAULT;
-
--- validation by hand:
--- SELECT 
---     event_sequence, 
---     previous_aggregate_sequence, 
---     previous_aggregate_type_sequence,
---     aggregate_type,
---     aggregate_id,
---     event_type
--- FROM eventstore.events ORDER BY event_sequence;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/migrations/cockroach/V1.64__zitadel_schema.sql b/migrations/cockroach/V1.63__zitadel_schema.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from migrations/cockroach/V1.64__zitadel_schema.sql
rename to migrations/cockroach/V1.63__zitadel_schema.sql
diff --git a/migrations/cockroach/V1.65__first_projections.sql b/migrations/cockroach/V1.64__first_projections.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from migrations/cockroach/V1.65__first_projections.sql
rename to migrations/cockroach/V1.64__first_projections.sql
diff --git a/migrations/cockroach/V1.67__project_private_labeling.sql b/migrations/cockroach/V1.65__project_private_labeling.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from migrations/cockroach/V1.67__project_private_labeling.sql
rename to migrations/cockroach/V1.65__project_private_labeling.sql
diff --git a/migrations/cockroach/V1.66__agg_type_idx.sql b/migrations/cockroach/V1.66__agg_type_idx.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 556b415c3..000000000
--- a/migrations/cockroach/V1.66__agg_type_idx.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CREATE INDEX agg_type ON eventstore.events (aggregate_type);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/migrations/cockroach/V1.66__events_cols.sql b/migrations/cockroach/V1.66__events_cols.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5871d7f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/cockroach/V1.66__events_cols.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+BEGIN;
+
+ALTER TABLE eventstore.events
+    RENAME COLUMN previous_sequence TO previous_aggregate_sequence,
+    ADD COLUMN previous_aggregate_type_sequence INT8, 
+    ADD CONSTRAINT prev_agg_type_seq_unique UNIQUE(previous_aggregate_type_sequence);
+
+COMMIT;
\ No newline at end of file