diff --git a/charts/streams-app/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/streams-app/templates/deployment.yaml
index e1452eb5..45d10210 100644
--- a/charts/streams-app/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/streams-app/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
   serviceName: {{ template "streams-app.name" . }}
   podManagementPolicy: Parallel
   {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.replicaCount }}
+  {{- if (not .Values.autoscaling.enabled) }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   {{- end }}
   selector:
diff --git a/charts/streams-app/values.yaml b/charts/streams-app/values.yaml
index aa477b5a..d84eaf5c 100644
--- a/charts/streams-app/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/streams-app/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 nameOverride: bakdata-streams-app
 
-# replicaCount: 1
+replicaCount: 1
 
 image: streamsApp
 imageTag: latest