diff --git a/charts/owl/Chart.yaml b/charts/owl/Chart.yaml
index 2c841ba..ddcfd42 100644
--- a/charts/owl/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/owl/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.1.8
+version: 0.1.9
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/owl/templates/owl-config.yaml b/charts/owl/templates/owl-config.yaml
index 9ccf494..bb6d264 100644
--- a/charts/owl/templates/owl-config.yaml
+++ b/charts/owl/templates/owl-config.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ data:
   owl.yaml: |
     token: {{ randAlphaNum 64 | quote }}
     loglevel: {{ .Values.loglevel }}
-    heartbeat: 30
+    heartbeat: {{ .Values.heartbeat }}
     max_pipelines: 6
     dbi: {{ .Values.dbi }}
     prometheus: {{ .Values.prometheus }}
diff --git a/charts/owl/values.yaml b/charts/owl/values.yaml
index 4d4b2c7..d1eac97 100644
--- a/charts/owl/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/owl/values.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fullnameOverride: ""
 
 loglevel: DEBUG
 dbi: sqlite:////var/run/owl/sqlite.db
+heartbeat: 30
 prometheus: ""
 
 serviceAccount: