diff --git a/charts/galexie/Chart.yaml b/charts/galexie/Chart.yaml
index d571105..0c24f0e 100644
--- a/charts/galexie/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/galexie/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: galexie
-version: 0.4.1
+version: 0.5.0
 appVersion: "24.0.0"
 description: Stellar Galexie Helm Chart. This chart will install Stellar Galexie
 maintainers:
diff --git a/charts/galexie/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/galexie/templates/deployment.yaml
index 4404720..a4af645 100644
--- a/charts/galexie/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/galexie/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ spec:
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy | quote }}
           command:
             - "galexie"
-            - "append"
+            - {{ .Values.galexieCommand | quote }}
             - "--config-file=/galexie-config/config.toml"
           {{- range .Values.additionalFlags }}
             - {{ . | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/galexie/values.yaml b/charts/galexie/values.yaml
index d8bd402..887457f 100644
--- a/charts/galexie/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/galexie/values.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ image:
   tag: 24.0.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
-# Additional flags to append to the galexie append command
-# By default this include start - The earliest ledger to create data for in the datastore.
+# Galexie command to run. By default run append which exports any missing
+# ledger data after start flag and before end flag
+galexieCommand: "append"
+
+# Additional flags to append to the galexie command
+# By default this includes start - The earliest ledger to create data for in the datastore.
 # For quicker catchup, choose a ledger closer to the most recent ledger in the network
 additionalFlags:
   - "--start=59000000"