diff --git a/helm/install/templates/manager.yaml b/helm/install/templates/manager.yaml
index 3877b7b9..3ca42974 100644
--- a/helm/install/templates/manager.yaml
+++ b/helm/install/templates/manager.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
         image: "{{ .Values.image.image }}"
         env:
         - name: CRUNCHY_DEBUG
-          value: "true"
+          value: {{ if eq .Values.debug false  }}"false"{{- else }}"true"{{- end }}
         {{- range  $image_name, $image_val := .Values.relatedImages }}
         - name: RELATED_IMAGE_{{ $image_name | upper }}
           value: "{{ $image_val.image }}"
diff --git a/helm/install/values.yaml b/helm/install/values.yaml
index bcabc206..7be748cd 100644
--- a/helm/install/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/install/values.yaml
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ relatedImages:
 
 ## Install in default or single namespace mode
 singleNamespace: false
+
+# debug allows you to enable or disable the "debug" level of logging.
+# Defaults to the value below.
+# debug: true