diff --git a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
index 6bf30f2c3..a01d9bcec 100644
--- a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
+++ b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ type TapConfig struct {
 	PodRegexStr                string                `yaml:"regex" json:"regex" default:".*"`
 	Namespaces                 []string              `yaml:"namespaces" json:"namespaces" default:"[]"`
 	BpfOverride                string                `yaml:"bpfOverride" json:"bpfOverride" default:""`
+	Stopped                    bool                  `yaml:"stopped" json:"stopped" default:"false"`
 	Release                    ReleaseConfig         `yaml:"release" json:"release"`
 	PersistentStorage          bool                  `yaml:"persistentStorage" json:"persistentStorage" default:"false"`
 	PersistentStorageStatic    bool                  `yaml:"persistentStorageStatic" json:"persistentStorageStatic" default:"false"`
diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/12-config-map.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/12-config-map.yaml
index e9d0e6fe8..27a7e6539 100644
--- a/helm-chart/templates/12-config-map.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/12-config-map.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ data:
     POD_REGEX: '{{ .Values.tap.regex }}'
     NAMESPACES: '{{ gt (len .Values.tap.namespaces) 0 | ternary (join "," .Values.tap.namespaces) "" }}'
     BPF_OVERRIDE: '{{ .Values.tap.bpfOverride }}'
+    STOPPED: '{{ .Values.tap.stopped }}'
     SCRIPTING_SCRIPTS: '{}'
     INGRESS_ENABLED: '{{ .Values.tap.ingress.enabled }}'
     INGRESS_HOST: '{{ .Values.tap.ingress.host }}'
diff --git a/helm-chart/values.yaml b/helm-chart/values.yaml
index d2c60d69b..1ab98d3e6 100644
--- a/helm-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/values.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ tap:
   regex: .*
   namespaces: []
   bpfOverride: ""
+  stopped: false
   release:
     repo: https://helm.kubeshark.co
     name: kubeshark
diff --git a/manifests/complete.yaml b/manifests/complete.yaml
index 38ac0b01d..e7cf67ff6 100644
--- a/manifests/complete.yaml
+++ b/manifests/complete.yaml
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ data:
     POD_REGEX: '.*'
     NAMESPACES: ''
     BPF_OVERRIDE: ''
+    STOPPED: 'false'
     SCRIPTING_SCRIPTS: '{}'
     INGRESS_ENABLED: 'false'
     INGRESS_HOST: 'ks.svc.cluster.local'