diff --git a/charts/gdscan/Chart.yaml b/charts/gdscan/Chart.yaml
index 597c29d..05713eb 100644
--- a/charts/gdscan/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/gdscan/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ maintainers:
   - name: G DATA CyberDefense AG
     email: oem@gdata.de
 type: application
-version: 1.8.0
+version: 1.9.0
diff --git a/charts/gdscan/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/gdscan/templates/deployment.yaml
index a224e6e..65dd5c8 100644
--- a/charts/gdscan/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/gdscan/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: HostOptions__ShutdownTimeout
               value: {{ include "common.secondsToHHMMSS" .Values.terminationGracePeriodSeconds | quote }}
+          {{- if .Values.debug }}
+            - name: Serilog__MinimumLevel__Override__ScanClient.Controllers.ScanController
+              value: Debug
+          {{- end }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ .Values.terminationGracePeriodSeconds }}
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
diff --git a/charts/gdscan/templates/update.yaml b/charts/gdscan/templates/update.yaml
index 96f794d..b3e8f90 100644
--- a/charts/gdscan/templates/update.yaml
+++ b/charts/gdscan/templates/update.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ spec:
               {{- end }}                
               command:
                 - "kubectl"
+{{- if .Values.debug }}
+                - "-v=8"
+{{- end }}
                 - "rollout"
                 - "restart"
 {{- if and (.Values.persistence.enabled) (eq .Values.persistence.accessMode "ReadWriteOnce" ) }}
diff --git a/charts/gdscan/values.yaml b/charts/gdscan/values.yaml
index 5f8fc93..dfd0512 100644
--- a/charts/gdscan/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gdscan/values.yaml
@@ -123,3 +123,5 @@ autoUpdate:
   networkPolicy:
     enabled: true
     k8sApiPort: 6443
+
+debug: false