diff --git a/charts/taraxa-node/Chart.yaml b/charts/taraxa-node/Chart.yaml
index 71c559c11b..5e3058df41 100644
--- a/charts/taraxa-node/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/taraxa-node/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: "1.0"
 description: Kubernetes helm chart for Taraxa blockchain full node implementation.
 name: taraxa-node
-version: 0.3.13
+version: 0.3.14
 keywords:
   - blockchain
   - taraxa
diff --git a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/consensus-node-configmap.yaml b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/consensus-node-configmap.yaml
index ba7b05621f..c0715dd1b2 100644
--- a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/consensus-node-configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/consensus-node-configmap.yaml
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ data:
     {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
 
+    {{ if .Values.config.snapshots.enabled }}
+    cat $CONFIG_PATH | jq '.db_config.db_max_snapshots = 1' | jq '.db_config.db_snapshot_each_n_pbft_block = 10000' > $CONFIG_PATH.tmp && mv $CONFIG_PATH.tmp $CONFIG_PATH
+    {{- else }}
+    cat $CONFIG_PATH | jq '.db_config.db_max_snapshots = 0' | jq '.db_config.db_snapshot_each_n_pbft_block = 0' > $CONFIG_PATH.tmp && mv $CONFIG_PATH.tmp $CONFIG_PATH
+    {{- end }}
+
     echo "***** $CONFIG_PATH *****"
     cat $CONFIG_PATH
     echo "***** $CONFIG_PATH *****"
diff --git a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/consensus-node-light-configmap.yaml b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/consensus-node-light-configmap.yaml
index 7d4adc594c..29d480ac96 100644
--- a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/consensus-node-light-configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/consensus-node-light-configmap.yaml
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ data:
     {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
 
+    {{ if .Values.config.snapshots.enabled }}
+    cat $CONFIG_PATH | jq '.db_config.db_max_snapshots = 1' | jq '.db_config.db_snapshot_each_n_pbft_block = 10000' > $CONFIG_PATH.tmp && mv $CONFIG_PATH.tmp $CONFIG_PATH
+    {{- else }}
+    cat $CONFIG_PATH | jq '.db_config.db_max_snapshots = 0' | jq '.db_config.db_snapshot_each_n_pbft_block = 0' > $CONFIG_PATH.tmp && mv $CONFIG_PATH.tmp $CONFIG_PATH
+    {{- end }}
+
     echo "***** $CONFIG_PATH *****"
     cat $CONFIG_PATH
     echo "***** $CONFIG_PATH *****"
diff --git a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/taraxa-node-configmap.yaml b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/taraxa-node-configmap.yaml
index e7713f0329..a4a5b7751a 100644
--- a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/taraxa-node-configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/taraxa-node-configmap.yaml
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ data:
     {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
 
+    {{ if .Values.config.snapshots.enabled }}
+    cat $CONFIG_PATH | jq '.db_config.db_max_snapshots = 1' | jq '.db_config.db_snapshot_each_n_pbft_block = 10000' > $CONFIG_PATH.tmp && mv $CONFIG_PATH.tmp $CONFIG_PATH
+    {{- else }}
+    cat $CONFIG_PATH | jq '.db_config.db_max_snapshots = 0' | jq '.db_config.db_snapshot_each_n_pbft_block = 0' > $CONFIG_PATH.tmp && mv $CONFIG_PATH.tmp $CONFIG_PATH
+    {{- end }}
+
     echo "***** $CONFIG_PATH *****"
     cat $CONFIG_PATH
     echo "***** $CONFIG_PATH *****"
diff --git a/charts/taraxa-node/values.yaml b/charts/taraxa-node/values.yaml
index 6d1fcd19ed..15eaf9f15b 100644
--- a/charts/taraxa-node/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/taraxa-node/values.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ config:
   # 100 for default helm test
   network: "100"
   extraArgs: []
+  snapshots:
+    enabled: true
   
   # Default keys, VRFs and address for kube testing
   node: