diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9930998c..26fcce23 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ spec:
             - /app/config-db
           args:
             - operator
-            - -v
+            {{- if .Values.logLevel }}
+            - {{ .Values.logLevel }}
+            {{- end }}
             - --disable-postgrest={{ .Values.disablePostgrest }}
             - --change-retention-days={{ .Values.configChangeRetentionDays }}
             - --analysis-retention-days={{ .Values.configAnalysisRetentionDays }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 4cac7efb..06b6becd 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ image:
 configChangeRetentionDays: 60
 configAnalysisRetentionDays: 60
 
+# -v, -vv, -vvv
+logLevel: ""
 jsonLogs: true
 
 # a list of configmaps to load scrape rules from, the configmap should have a single entry called "config.yaml"