diff --git a/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml b/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a55e7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<component name="ProjectCodeStyleConfiguration">
+  <state>
+    <option name="PREFERRED_PROJECT_CODE_STYLE" value="Default" />
+  </state>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/connect-dynamodb.iml b/.idea/connect-dynamodb.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c956989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/connect-dynamodb.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02cb0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/connect-dynamodb.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/connect-dynamodb.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a25f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6fda34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ChangeListManager">
+    <list default="true" id="21f9d8eb-887d-41a1-8922-5ce33c71b0e1" name="Default Changelist" comment="">
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/connect-dynamodb.js" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/connect-dynamodb.js" afterDir="false" />
+    </list>
+    <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
+    <option name="HIGHLIGHT_CONFLICTS" value="true" />
+    <option name="HIGHLIGHT_NON_ACTIVE_CHANGELIST" value="false" />
+    <option name="LAST_RESOLUTION" value="IGNORE" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ComposerSettings">
+    <execution />
+  </component>
+  <component name="Git.Settings">
+    <option name="RECENT_GIT_ROOT_PATH" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectId" id="1t1B51EN271o5MpNEBRuPuc0mrY" />
+  <component name="ProjectViewState">
+    <option name="hideEmptyMiddlePackages" value="true" />
+    <option name="showLibraryContents" value="true" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="PropertiesComponent">
+    <property name="RunOnceActivity.OpenProjectViewOnStart" value="true" />
+    <property name="WebServerToolWindowFactoryState" value="false" />
+    <property name="last_opened_file_path" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+    <property name="nodejs_package_manager_path" value="npm" />
+    <property name="vue.rearranger.settings.migration" value="true" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="SpellCheckerSettings" RuntimeDictionaries="0" Folders="0" CustomDictionaries="0" DefaultDictionary="application-level" UseSingleDictionary="true" transferred="true" />
+  <component name="TaskManager">
+    <task active="true" id="Default" summary="Default task">
+      <changelist id="21f9d8eb-887d-41a1-8922-5ce33c71b0e1" name="Default Changelist" comment="" />
+      <created>1621926527903</created>
+      <option name="number" value="Default" />
+      <option name="presentableId" value="Default" />
+      <updated>1621926527903</updated>
+      <workItem from="1621926529059" duration="80000" />
+    </task>
+    <servers />
+  </component>
+  <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">
+    <option name="version" value="3" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/lib/connect-dynamodb.js b/lib/connect-dynamodb.js
index 04189e9..665fe2c 100644
--- a/lib/connect-dynamodb.js
+++ b/lib/connect-dynamodb.js
@@ -65,28 +65,32 @@ module.exports = function (connect) {
             this._reap = setInterval(this.reap.bind(this), this.reapInterval);
         }
 
-        // check if sessions table exists, otherwise create it
-        this.client.describeTable({
-            TableName: this.table
-        }, function (error, info) {
-            if (error) {
-                this.client.createTable({
-                    TableName: this.table,
-                    AttributeDefinitions: [{
-                        AttributeName: this.hashKey,
-                        AttributeType: 'S'
-                    }],
-                    KeySchema: [{
-                        AttributeName: this.hashKey,
-                        KeyType: 'HASH'
-                    }],
-                    ProvisionedThroughput: {
-                        ReadCapacityUnits: this.readCapacityUnits,
-                        WriteCapacityUnits: this.writeCapacityUnits
-                    }
-                }, console.log);
-            }
-        }.bind(this));
+        const { autoCreateTable = true } = options
+
+        // If autoCreateTable option is true, check if sessions table exists, otherwise create it
+        if (autoCreateTable) {
+            this.client.describeTable({
+                TableName: this.table
+            }, function (error, info) {
+                if (error) {
+                    this.client.createTable({
+                        TableName: this.table,
+                        AttributeDefinitions: [{
+                            AttributeName: this.hashKey,
+                            AttributeType: 'S'
+                        }],
+                        KeySchema: [{
+                            AttributeName: this.hashKey,
+                            KeyType: 'HASH'
+                        }],
+                        ProvisionedThroughput: {
+                            ReadCapacityUnits: this.readCapacityUnits,
+                            WriteCapacityUnits: this.writeCapacityUnits
+                        }
+                    }, console.log);
+                }
+            }.bind(this));
+        }
     };
 
     /*