diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4e2cd4f60..06355b4cc1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ deploy-dev: createnamespaces
 	env \
 		QUERIES_CONFIG_DIR='$(QUERIES_CONFIG_DIR)' \
 		CRUNCHY_DEBUG="$${CRUNCHY_DEBUG:-true}" \
-		PGO_FEATURE_GATES="$${PGO_FEATURE_GATES:-AllAlpha=true}" \
+		PGO_FEATURE_GATES="$${PGO_FEATURE_GATES:-AllAlpha=true,AppendCustomQueries=false}" \
 		CHECK_FOR_UPGRADES="$${CHECK_FOR_UPGRADES:-false}" \
 		KUBECONFIG=hack/.kube/postgres-operator/pgo \
 		PGO_NAMESPACE='postgres-operator' \
diff --git a/testing/kuttl/scripts/pgbackrest-initialization.sh b/testing/kuttl/scripts/pgbackrest-initialization.sh
index ba6cd4a7e5..9d60a4cd9d 100755
--- a/testing/kuttl/scripts/pgbackrest-initialization.sh
+++ b/testing/kuttl/scripts/pgbackrest-initialization.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 EXPECTED_STATUS=$1
 EXPECTED_NUM_BACKUPS=$2