diff --git a/helm-chart/README.md b/helm-chart/README.md
index 482fae814..086c1394a 100644
--- a/helm-chart/README.md
+++ b/helm-chart/README.md
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ Please refer to [metrics](./metrics.md) documentation for details.
 | `tap.defaultFilter`                       | Sets the default dashboard KFL filter (e.g. `http`)        | `""`                                                  |
 | `tap.globalFilter`                        | Prepends to any KFL filter and can be used to limit what is visible in the dashboard. For example, `redact("request.headers.Authorization")` will redact the appropriate field. Another example `!dns` will not show any DNS traffic.      | `""`                                        |
 | `tap.metrics.port`                  | Pod port used to expose Prometheus metrics          | `49100`                                                  |
+| `tap.stopped`                             | A flag indicating whether to start Kubeshark with traffic processing stopped resulting in almost no resource consumption (e.g. Kubeshark is dormant). This property can be dynamically control via the dashboard.         | `true`                                                  |
 | `logs.file`                               | Logs dump path                      | `""`                                                    |
 | `kube.configPath`                         | Path to the `kubeconfig` file (`$HOME/.kube/config`)            | `""`                                                    |
 | `kube.context`                            | Kubernetes context to use for the deployment  | `""`                                                    |
diff --git a/helm-chart/values.yaml b/helm-chart/values.yaml
index 484ea57ef..95033a96a 100644
--- a/helm-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/values.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ tap:
     host: 127.0.0.1
   regex: .*
   namespaces: []
-  excludedNamespaces:
-  - kube-system
+  excludedNamespaces: []
   bpfOverride: ""
-  stopped: false
+  stopped: true
   release:
     repo: https://helm.kubeshark.co
     name: kubeshark