diff --git a/cli-definition.json b/cli-definition.json
index e37567e5..feefa35f 100644
--- a/cli-definition.json
+++ b/cli-definition.json
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
       "use": "run",
       "example": "\n\tpgstream run --source postgres --source-url <source-postgres-url> --target postgres --target-url <target-postgres-url> --init\n\tpgstream run --source postgres --source-url <source-postgres-url> --target postgres --target-url <target-postgres-url> --snapshot-tables <schema.table> --reset\n\tpgstream run --source kafka --source-url <kafka-url> --target elasticsearch --target-url <elasticsearch-url>\n\tpgstream run --source postgres --source-url <postgres-url> --target kafka --target-url <kafka-url>\n\tpgstream run --config config.yaml --log-level info\n\tpgstream run --config config.env",
       "flags": [
+        {
+          "name": "data-only",
+          "description": "When used with --snapshot-tables, skip schema restore and only snapshot data (use when schema is already present on target)",
+          "default": "false"
+        },
         {
           "name": "dump-file",
           "description": "File where the pg_dump output will be written if initial snapshot is enabled",
diff --git a/cmd/root_cmd.go b/cmd/root_cmd.go
index 7d800adb..3503ab6d 100644
--- a/cmd/root_cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/root_cmd.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func Prepare() *cobra.Command {
 	runCmd.Flags().Bool("profile", false, "Whether to expose a /debug/pprof endpoint on localhost:6060")
 	runCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&initFlag, "init", false, "Whether to initialize pgstream before starting replication")
 	runCmd.Flags().String("dump-file", "", "File where the pg_dump output will be written if initial snapshot is enabled")
+	runCmd.Flags().Bool("data-only", false, "When used with --snapshot-tables, skip schema restore and only snapshot data (use when schema is already present on target)")
 	runCmd.Flags().Bool("with-injector", false, "Whether to enable the injection of pgstream metadata to the WAL events. Required for search targets.")
 
 	// status cmd
diff --git a/cmd/run_cmd.go b/cmd/run_cmd.go
index 5c25a592..1399dfab 100644
--- a/cmd/run_cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/run_cmd.go
@@ -93,10 +93,15 @@ func initialSnapshotFlagBinding(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		viper.BindPFlag("source.postgres.snapshot.tables", cmd.Flags().Lookup("snapshot-tables"))
 		if len(viper.GetStringSlice("source.postgres.snapshot.tables")) > 0 {
 			viper.Set("source.postgres.mode", "snapshot_and_replication")
-			viper.Set("source.postgres.snapshot.mode", "full")
-			viper.Set("source.postgres.snapshot.schema.mode", "schemalog")
-			if cmd.Flags().Lookup("target").Value.String() == postgres {
-				viper.Set("source.postgres.snapshot.schema.mode", "pgdump_pgrestore")
+			dataOnly, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("data-only")
+			if dataOnly {
+				viper.Set("source.postgres.snapshot.mode", "data")
+			} else {
+				viper.Set("source.postgres.snapshot.mode", "full")
+				viper.Set("source.postgres.snapshot.schema.mode", "schemalog")
+				if cmd.Flags().Lookup("target").Value.String() == postgres {
+					viper.Set("source.postgres.snapshot.schema.mode", "pgdump_pgrestore")
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/postgres/pg_restore.go b/internal/postgres/pg_restore.go
index cefac8ee..d1bd8e2b 100644
--- a/internal/postgres/pg_restore.go
+++ b/internal/postgres/pg_restore.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func isErrorLine(line string) bool {
 func parseErrorLine(line string) error {
 	switch {
 	case strings.Contains(line, "already exists"),
+		strings.Contains(line, "already a partition"),
 		strings.Contains(line, "multiple primary keys for table"):
 		return &ErrRelationAlreadyExists{Details: line}
 	case strings.Contains(line, "cannot drop schema public because other objects depend on it"):
diff --git a/internal/postgres/pg_restore_test.go b/internal/postgres/pg_restore_test.go
index 1b97c266..e9a44ea2 100644
--- a/internal/postgres/pg_restore_test.go
+++ b/internal/postgres/pg_restore_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR:  permission denied to grant p
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "partition already attached error",
+			output: "ERROR:  \"linking_queue_000\" is already a partition\n",
+
+			wantErrs: &PGRestoreErrors{
+				ignoredErrs: []error{
+					&ErrRelationAlreadyExists{Details: "ERROR:  \"linking_queue_000\" is already a partition"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "mixed success and error output",
 			output: `pg_restore: processing data for table "users"
@@ -283,6 +293,11 @@ func TestParseErrorLine(t *testing.T) {
 			line:    `ERROR:  relation "public.vendor_products" does not exist`,
 			wantErr: &ErrRelationDoesNotExist{Details: `ERROR:  relation "public.vendor_products" does not exist`},
 		},
+		{
+			name:    "already a partition",
+			line:    `ERROR:  "linking_queue_000" is already a partition`,
+			wantErr: &ErrRelationAlreadyExists{Details: `ERROR:  "linking_queue_000" is already a partition`},
+		},
 		{
 			name:    "generic error",
 			line:    "pg_restore: error: connection failed",