diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 81c699c4..829ccb16 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ jobs:
             cd integration_tests
             dbt deps
             dbt seed --full-refresh
-            dbt run --full-refresh
-            dbt test
+            dbt run --full-refresh --exclude test_insert_by_period
+            dbt test --exclude test_insert_by_period
 
       - save_cache:
           key: deps1-{{ .Branch }}
diff --git a/integration_tests/Makefile b/integration_tests/Makefile
index ffa967cf..22e9df4b 100644
--- a/integration_tests/Makefile
+++ b/integration_tests/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 test-postgres:
 	dbt seed --target postgres --full-refresh
-	dbt run --target postgres --full-refresh
-	dbt test --target postgres
+	dbt run --target postgres --full-refresh --exclude test_insert_by_period
+	dbt test --target postgres --exclude test_insert_by_period
 
 test-redshift:
 	dbt seed --target redshift --full-refresh
diff --git a/integration_tests/data/materializations/data_insert_by_period.csv b/integration_tests/data/materializations/data_insert_by_period.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b5cccf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/data/materializations/data_insert_by_period.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+id,created_at
+1,2017-12-02
+2,2018-01-02
+3,2018-02-02
+4,2018-03-02
+5,2018-04-02
+6,2018-05-02
+7,2018-06-02
+8,2018-07-02
+9,2018-08-02
diff --git a/integration_tests/models/materializations/expected_insert_by_period.sql b/integration_tests/models/materializations/expected_insert_by_period.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4eab657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/models/materializations/expected_insert_by_period.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{{
+	config(
+		materialized = 'view')
+}}
+
+select *
+from {{ ref('data_insert_by_period') }}
+where id in (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
diff --git a/integration_tests/models/materializations/schema.yml b/integration_tests/models/materializations/schema.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5806b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/models/materializations/schema.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+test_insert_by_period:
+    constraints:
+        dbt_utils.equality:
+            - ref('expected_insert_by_period')
diff --git a/integration_tests/models/materializations/test_insert_by_period.sql b/integration_tests/models/materializations/test_insert_by_period.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12474da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/models/materializations/test_insert_by_period.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{
+	config(
+		materialized = 'insert_by_period',
+		period = 'month',
+		timestamp_field = 'created_at',
+		start_date = '2018-01-01',
+		stop_date = '2018-06-01')
+}}
+
+with events as (
+	select *
+	from {{ ref('data_insert_by_period') }}
+	where __PERIOD_FILTER__
+)
+
+select * from events
diff --git a/macros/materializations/insert_by_period_materialization.sql b/macros/materializations/insert_by_period_materialization.sql
index 9805b95d..ceb118b6 100644
--- a/macros/materializations/insert_by_period_materialization.sql
+++ b/macros/materializations/insert_by_period_materialization.sql
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@
 
   {%- set identifier = model['name'] -%}
 
-  {%- set existing_relations = adapter.list_relations(schema=schema) -%}
-  {%- set old_relation = adapter.get_relation(relations_list=existing_relations,
-                                              schema=schema, identifier=identifier) -%}
+  {%- set old_relation = adapter.get_relation(schema=schema, identifier=identifier) -%}
   {%- set target_relation = api.Relation.create(identifier=identifier, schema=schema, type='table') -%}
 
   {%- set non_destructive_mode = (flags.NON_DESTRUCTIVE == True) -%}