diff --git a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
index 13e207f5a..c47f2311b 100644
--- a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
+++ b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ type TapConfig struct {
 	Debug                   bool                  `yaml:"debug" json:"debug" default:"false"`
 	NoKernelModule          bool                  `yaml:"noKernelModule" json:"noKernelModule" default:"false"`
 	Telemetry               TelemetryConfig       `yaml:"telemetry" json:"telemetry"`
+	DefaultFilter           string                `yaml:"defaultFilter" json:"defaultFilter"`
 }
 
 func (config *TapConfig) PodRegex() *regexp.Regexp {
diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/06-front-deployment.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/06-front-deployment.yaml
index 72c70dd1d..77398c2a8 100644
--- a/helm-chart/templates/06-front-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/06-front-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - env:
             - name: REACT_APP_DEFAULT_FILTER
-              value: ' '
+              value: '{{ not (eq .Values.tap.defaultFilter "") | ternary .Values.tap.defaultFilter " " }}'
             - name: REACT_APP_AUTH_ENABLED
               value: '{{ .Values.tap.auth.enabled }}'
           image: '{{ .Values.tap.docker.registry }}/front:{{ not (eq .Values.tap.docker.tag "") | ternary .Values.tap.docker.tag (printf "v%s" .Chart.Version) }}'
diff --git a/helm-chart/values.yaml b/helm-chart/values.yaml
index 9a4c97999..af013cb27 100644
--- a/helm-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/values.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ tap:
   noKernelModule: false
   telemetry:
     enabled: true
+  defaultFilter: ""
 logs:
   file: ""
 kube: