diff --git a/internal/controller/install/executor_controller.go b/internal/controller/install/executor_controller.go
index 3e79c0e..890c1d2 100644
--- a/internal/controller/install/executor_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/install/executor_controller.go
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ func createExecutorDeployment(
 	config *builders.CommonApplicationConfig,
 ) *appsv1.Deployment {
 	var replicas int32 = 1
+
+	if executor.Spec.Replicas != nil {
+		replicas = min(replicas, *executor.Spec.Replicas) // Allow executor replicas to scale down to 0
+	}
+
 	volumes := createVolumes(executor.Name, executor.Spec.AdditionalVolumes)
 	volumeMounts := createVolumeMounts(GetConfigFilename(executor.Name), executor.Spec.AdditionalVolumeMounts)
 	readinessProbe, livenessProbe := CreateProbesWithScheme(corev1.URISchemeHTTP)
diff --git a/internal/controller/install/executor_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/install/executor_controller_test.go
index 830d4ca..bcfcd82 100644
--- a/internal/controller/install/executor_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/install/executor_controller_test.go
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ func TestExecutorReconciler_CreateDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "default", Name: "executor"},
 		Spec: installv1alpha1.ExecutorSpec{
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](2), // Max of 1 even if configured higher
 			CommonSpecBase: installv1alpha1.CommonSpecBase{
 				Labels: nil,
 				Image: installv1alpha1.Image{
@@ -563,3 +564,41 @@ func TestExecutorReconciler_CreateDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("deployment is not the same %s", cmp.Diff(expectedDeployment, deployment, protocmp.Transform()))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestExecutorReconciler_CreateDeploymentScaledDown(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	commonConfig := &builders.CommonApplicationConfig{
+		HTTPPort:    8080,
+		GRPCPort:    5051,
+		MetricsPort: 9000,
+		Profiling: builders.ProfilingConfig{
+			Port: 1337,
+		},
+	}
+
+	executor := &installv1alpha1.Executor{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "Executor",
+			APIVersion: "install.armadaproject.io/v1alpha1",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "default", Name: "executor"},
+		Spec: installv1alpha1.ExecutorSpec{
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](0),
+			CommonSpecBase: installv1alpha1.CommonSpecBase{
+				Labels: nil,
+				Image: installv1alpha1.Image{
+					Repository: "testrepo",
+					Tag:        "1.0.0",
+				},
+				ApplicationConfig: runtime.RawExtension{},
+				Resources:         &corev1.ResourceRequirements{},
+				Prometheus:        &installv1alpha1.PrometheusConfig{Enabled: true, ScrapeInterval: &metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second}},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	deployment := createExecutorDeployment(executor, "executor", commonConfig)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(0), *deployment.Spec.Replicas)
+}
diff --git a/internal/controller/install/lookoutingester_controller.go b/internal/controller/install/lookoutingester_controller.go
index b7973ed..8c6e394 100644
--- a/internal/controller/install/lookoutingester_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/install/lookoutingester_controller.go
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ func (r *LookoutIngesterReconciler) createDeployment(
 	serviceAccountName string,
 	config *builders.CommonApplicationConfig,
 ) (*appsv1.Deployment, error) {
-	var replicas int32 = 1
-
 	env := createEnv(lookoutIngester.Spec.Environment)
 	pulsarConfig, err := ExtractPulsarConfig(lookoutIngester.Spec.ApplicationConfig)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -177,7 +175,7 @@ func (r *LookoutIngesterReconciler) createDeployment(
 	deployment := appsv1.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: lookoutIngester.Name, Namespace: lookoutIngester.Namespace, Labels: AllLabels(lookoutIngester.Name, lookoutIngester.Labels)},
 		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
-			Replicas: &replicas,
+			Replicas: lookoutIngester.Spec.Replicas,
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
 				MatchLabels: IdentityLabel(lookoutIngester.Name),
 			},