diff --git a/flow/connectors/external_metadata/store.go b/flow/connectors/external_metadata/store.go
index 9fe72828ad..008b462ae4 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/external_metadata/store.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/external_metadata/store.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package connmetadata
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 
@@ -10,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	cc "github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/connectors/utils/catalog"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/generated/protos"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/shared"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgerrcode"
-	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
@@ -20,11 +17,6 @@ const (
 	lastSyncStateTableName = "last_sync_state"
 )
 
-func isUniqueError(err error) bool {
-	var pgerr *pgconn.PgError
-	return errors.As(err, &pgerr) && pgerr.Code == pgerrcode.UniqueViolation
-}
-
 type PostgresMetadataStore struct {
 	ctx        context.Context
 	config     *protos.PostgresConfig
@@ -114,7 +106,7 @@ func (p *PostgresMetadataStore) SetupMetadata() error {
 
 	// create the schema
 	_, err = tx.Exec(p.ctx, "CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS "+p.schemaName)
-	if err != nil && !isUniqueError(err) {
+	if err != nil && !utils.IsUniqueError(err) {
 		p.logger.Error("failed to create schema", slog.Any("error", err))
 		return err
 	}
@@ -128,7 +120,7 @@ func (p *PostgresMetadataStore) SetupMetadata() error {
 			sync_batch_id BIGINT NOT NULL
 		)
 	`)
-	if err != nil && !isUniqueError(err) {
+	if err != nil && !utils.IsUniqueError(err) {
 		p.logger.Error("failed to create last sync state table", slog.Any("error", err))
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
index c8720aca26..52eb0d77d1 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) createSlotAndPublication(
 
 func (c *PostgresConnector) createMetadataSchema(createSchemaTx pgx.Tx) error {
 	_, err := createSchemaTx.Exec(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf(createSchemaSQL, c.metadataSchema))
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !utils.IsUniqueError(err) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error while creating internal schema: %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
index ad85126fea..127d30d491 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) SetupMetadataTables() error {
 	}
 	_, err = createMetadataTablesTx.Exec(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf(createMirrorJobsTableSQL,
 		c.metadataSchema, mirrorJobsTableIdentifier))
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !utils.IsUniqueError(err) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating table %s: %w", mirrorJobsTableIdentifier, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/flow/connectors/utils/postgres.go b/flow/connectors/utils/postgres.go
index 58cd02f205..b043698943 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/utils/postgres.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/utils/postgres.go
@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/generated/protos"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgerrcode"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 )
 
+func IsUniqueError(err error) bool {
+	var pgerr *pgconn.PgError
+	return errors.As(err, &pgerr) && pgerr.Code == pgerrcode.UniqueViolation
+}
+
 func GetPGConnectionString(pgConfig *protos.PostgresConfig) string {
 	passwordEscaped := url.QueryEscape(pgConfig.Password)
 	// for a url like postgres://user:password@host:port/dbname