diff --git a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
index 32e3be431da5f207945fe97492ed253fdbf12257..f6aa7826624b16dbe452121c7e58f648332ca791 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # 2019-11-13  .....  v1.0  initial version with backup and restore (single DB)
 # 2020-05-19  .....  v1.1  backup a single or multiple couchdb instances by globbing param
 #                          ./localdump.sh backup couchdb2 demo
+# 2021-10-11  .....  v1.2  added fastmode in restore: no test connect, do not 
+#                          delete DB before create request
 # ================================================================================
 
 if [ -z $BACKUP_TARGETDIR ]; then
@@ -203,6 +205,8 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
 function restoreByFile(){
   sMyfile=$1
   sMyDb=$2
+  bFastMode=1
+    
   echo
   h2 "analyze dump $sMyfile"
 
@@ -218,20 +222,21 @@ function restoreByFile(){
   echo
 
   loadInstance $COUCHDB_INSTANCE
-
-  echo connect $couchdbhost on port $couchdbport with user $couchdbuser
-  curl --head -X GET $COUCH_URL 2>/dev/null | grep "^HTTP.*\ 200\ " >/dev/null
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    color error
-    echo ERROR: couch DB instance is not available
-    curl -X GET $COUCH_URL
+  
+  if [ $bFastMode -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo connect $couchdbhost on port $couchdbport with user $couchdbuser
+    curl --head -X GET $COUCH_URL 2>/dev/null | grep "^HTTP.*\ 200\ " >/dev/null
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        color error
+        echo ERROR: couch DB instance is not available
+        curl -X GET $COUCH_URL
+        color reset
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    color ok
+    echo OK
     color reset
-    exit 1
   fi
-  color ok
-  echo OK
-  color reset
-
 
   echo
 
@@ -240,11 +245,13 @@ function restoreByFile(){
   #   echo DB exists ... need to drop it first
   # fi
 
-  h2 deleting database [$sMyDb] ...
-  color cmd
-  _couchapi DELETE $sMyDb
-  fetchrc
-  color reset
+  if [ $bFastMode -eq 0 ]; then
+    h2 deleting database [$sMyDb] ...
+    color cmd
+    _couchapi DELETE $sMyDb
+    fetchrc
+    color reset
+  fi
 
   h2 creating database [$sMyDb] ...
   color cmd