diff --git a/Chart.yaml b/Chart.yaml
index 2a163901..c801c7be 100644
--- a/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Chart.yaml
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ description: >
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.5.4
+version: 0.5.5
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
-appVersion: "5.4.1"
+appVersion: "5.4.2"
 
 # List of people that maintain this helm chart.
 maintainers:
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ maintainers:
     email: kooper@illinois.edu
   - name: Aju Tamang
     email: aju.775401@ac.tu.edu.np
+  - name: Sagar Utekar
+    email: sagarutekar2366@gmail.com
 
 # location of source code
 sources:
@@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ annotations:
       url: https://github.com/pecanproject/bety-helm
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
     - back to hooks since job completion requires RBAC role
+    - Removing hook backs for helm chart to run faster
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32488c9e..7da87c1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 
 ## ChangeLog
 
+### 0.5.5
+- Removing hooks to run helm chart quicker
+
 ### 0.5.4
 - back to hooks since job completion requires RBAC role
 
diff --git a/templates/hooks/add-user.yaml b/templates/hooks/add-user.yaml
index df160cbe..14b7e0ea 100644
--- a/templates/hooks/add-user.yaml
+++ b/templates/hooks/add-user.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ metadata:
     # This is what defines this resource as a hook. Without this line, the
     # job is considered part of the release.
     # TODO once we have RBAC we can use initContainers to wait for a job
-    "helm.sh/hook": "post-install"
-    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "pre-delete"
-    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "10"
+    #"helm.sh/hook": "post-install"
+    #"helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "pre-delete"
+    #"helm.sh/hook-weight": "10"
 spec:
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/templates/hooks/load-db.yaml b/templates/hooks/load-db.yaml
index e6e244db..ee9d024b 100644
--- a/templates/hooks/load-db.yaml
+++ b/templates/hooks/load-db.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     # This is what defines this resource as a hook. Without this line, the
     # job is considered part of the release.
-    "helm.sh/hook": "post-install"
-    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "pre-delete"
-    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "5"
+    #"helm.sh/hook": "post-install"
+    #"helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "pre-delete"
+    #"helm.sh/hook-weight": "5"
 spec:
   template:
     metadata: