diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4e78b2d08..ea505fd00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Scale up cluster
         run: |
-          eksctl scale nodegroup --cluster="$CLUSTER_NAME" --nodes=5 "$NODEPOOL_NAME" --wait
+          eksctl scale nodegroup --cluster="$CLUSTER_NAME" --nodes=10 "$NODEPOOL_NAME" --wait
         env:
           CLUSTER_NAME: "dbaas-ci-20221005"
           NODEPOOL_NAME: "terraform-node-dbaas-ci-20221005"
diff --git a/controllers/databaseclusterbackup_controller.go b/controllers/databaseclusterbackup_controller.go
index f83792507..193aaf3a5 100644
--- a/controllers/databaseclusterbackup_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/databaseclusterbackup_controller.go
@@ -273,6 +273,13 @@ func (r *DatabaseClusterBackupReconciler) tryCreatePG(ctx context.Context, obj c
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// We want to ignore backups that are done to the hardcoded PVC-based repo1.
+	// This repo only exists to allow users to spin up a PG cluster without specifying a backup storage.
+	// Therefore, we don't want to allow users to restore from these backups so shouldn't create a DBB CR from repo1.
+	if pgBackup.Spec.RepoName == "repo1" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	backup := &everestv1alpha1.DatabaseClusterBackup{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      namespacedName.Name,