diff --git a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
index 1c4bf9a1f8..c7a22eb2b3 100644
--- a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ services:
       BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD: ${BB_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD}
       PLUGINS_DIR: ${PLUGINS_DIR}
       OFFLINE_MODE: ${OFFLINE_MODE:-}
-      TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS: "*:SQS"
     depends_on:
       - worker-service
       - redis-service
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ services:
       REDIS_URL: redis-service:6379
       REDIS_PASSWORD: ${REDIS_PASSWORD}
       OFFLINE_MODE: ${OFFLINE_MODE:-}
-      TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS: "*:SQS"
     depends_on:
       - redis-service
       - minio-service
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/features/features.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/features.ts
index 20b207bb02..e95472a784 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/features/features.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/features.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class FlagSet<V extends Flag<any>, T extends { [key: string]: V }> {
 export const flags = new FlagSet({
   DEFAULT_VALUES: Flag.boolean(env.isDev()),
   AUTOMATION_BRANCHING: Flag.boolean(env.isDev()),
-  SQS: Flag.boolean(env.isDev()),
+  SQS: Flag.boolean(true),
   [FeatureFlag.AI_CUSTOM_CONFIGS]: Flag.boolean(env.isDev()),
   [FeatureFlag.ENRICHED_RELATIONSHIPS]: Flag.boolean(env.isDev()),
   [FeatureFlag.TABLES_DEFAULT_ADMIN]: Flag.boolean(env.isDev()),
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/features.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/features.spec.ts
index 9af8a8f4bb..ced874f4af 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/features.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/features.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const schema = {
   TEST_BOOLEAN: Flag.boolean(false),
   TEST_STRING: Flag.string("default value"),
   TEST_NUMBER: Flag.number(0),
+  TEST_BOOLEAN_DEFAULT_TRUE: Flag.boolean(true),
 }
 const flags = new FlagSet(schema)
 
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@ describe("feature flags", () => {
       },
       expected: flags.defaults(),
     },
+    {
+      it: "should be possible to override a default true flag to false",
+      environmentFlags: "default:!TEST_BOOLEAN_DEFAULT_TRUE",
+      expected: { TEST_BOOLEAN_DEFAULT_TRUE: false },
+    },
   ])(
     "$it",
     async ({