diff --git a/charts/perfectscale-agent/Chart.yaml b/charts/perfectscale-agent/Chart.yaml
index 93bd752..c32dd13 100644
--- a/charts/perfectscale-agent/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/perfectscale-agent/Chart.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ dependencies:
   - name: kube-state-metrics
     version: "4.16.0"
     repository: https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
-    condition: kube-state-metrics.enabled
+    condition: settings.deployKubeStateMetrics
diff --git a/charts/perfectscale-agent/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/perfectscale-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
index 88cf97c..8aa6519 100644
--- a/charts/perfectscale-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/perfectscale-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ spec:
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if .Values.settings.deployKubeStateMetrics }}
       initContainers:
         - name: depends-on
           image: "public.ecr.aws/perfectscale-io/alpine:3.17"
           command: [ 'sh' ]
           args: [ '-c', 'curl --retry-all-errors --retry 30 --retry-delay 5 -s {{ include "helm.exporter.ksmAddress" . }}; sleep {{ .Values.settings.initSleep | default "1s" }}' ]
+      {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.containerSecurityContext }}
           securityContext:
 {{ toYaml .Values.containerSecurityContext | indent 12 }}
diff --git a/charts/perfectscale-agent/values.yaml b/charts/perfectscale-agent/values.yaml
index 7305993..431dd17 100644
--- a/charts/perfectscale-agent/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/perfectscale-agent/values.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ replicaCount: 1
 image:
   repository: public.ecr.aws/perfectscale-io/psc-exporter
   pullPolicy: Always
-  tag: "v0.0.29"
+  tag: "v0.0.30"
 settings:
+  deployKubeStateMetrics: true
   serviceId: "psc-exporter"
   env: "prod"
   logLevel: "INFO"
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ serviceMonitor:
   # labels:
   #   prometheus: kube-prometheus
 kube-state-metrics:
-  enabled: true
   containerSecurityContext:
     allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
     seccompProfile: