diff --git a/charts/bee/Chart.yaml b/charts/bee/Chart.yaml
index 1409ea6..ce4506d 100644
--- a/charts/bee/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/bee/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: latest
 name: bee
-version: 0.2.1
+version: 0.2.2
 description: Ethereum Swarm Bee Helm chart for Kubernetes
 home: https://swarm.ethereum.org
 icon: https://swarm-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_images/swarm.png
diff --git a/charts/bee/README.md b/charts/bee/README.md
index 5105bab..b48364b 100644
--- a/charts/bee/README.md
+++ b/charts/bee/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ apps:
     namespace: bee
     description: "Ethereum Swarm Bee"
     chart: "ethersphere/bee"
-    version: "0.2.1"
+    version: "0.2.2"
     enabled: true
     set:
       replicaCount: 2
diff --git a/charts/bee/templates/ingress-debug.yaml b/charts/bee/templates/ingress-debug.yaml
index 39e06b1..5c174e8 100644
--- a/charts/bee/templates/ingress-debug.yaml
+++ b/charts/bee/templates/ingress-debug.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.ingressDebug.enabled -}}
+{{- if and .Values.beeConfig.enable_debug_api .Values.ingressDebug.enabled -}}
 
 {{- $root := . -}}
 {{- $fullName := include "bee.fullname" $root -}}
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ spec:
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
-{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/bee/templates/service-debug.yaml b/charts/bee/templates/service-debug.yaml
index 9f2c47f..d72f834 100644
--- a/charts/bee/templates/service-debug.yaml
+++ b/charts/bee/templates/service-debug.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{{- if .Values.beeConfig.enable_debug_api -}}
+
 {{- $root := . -}}
 
 {{- range $i, $e := until (int $root.Values.replicaCount) }}
@@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ spec:
     statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name: {{ include "bee.fullname" $root }}-{{ $i }}
 
 {{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/bee/templates/service-headless.yaml b/charts/bee/templates/service-headless.yaml
index 0affec2..62a94c1 100644
--- a/charts/bee/templates/service-headless.yaml
+++ b/charts/bee/templates/service-headless.yaml
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ spec:
       port: {{ int (split ":" .Values.beeConfig.p2p_addr )._1 }}
       protocol: TCP
       targetPort: p2p
+    {{- if .Values.beeConfig.enable_debug_api }}
     - name: debug
       port: {{ int (split ":" .Values.beeConfig.debug_api_addr )._1 }}
       protocol: TCP
       targetPort: debug
+    {{- end }}
   selector:
     {{- include "bee.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
   type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
diff --git a/charts/bee/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/bee/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 4cf6d46..27d1a15 100644
--- a/charts/bee/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/bee/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: {{ int (split ":" .Values.beeConfig.p2p_addr )._1 }}
               name: p2p
               protocol: TCP
+          {{- if .Values.beeConfig.enable_debug_api }}
             - containerPort: {{ int (split ":" .Values.beeConfig.debug_api_addr )._1 }}
               name: debug
               protocol: TCP
@@ -65,6 +66,16 @@ spec:
             httpGet:
               path: /readiness
               port: debug
+          {{- else }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: api
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: api
+          {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
           securityContext:
diff --git a/charts/bee/values.yaml b/charts/bee/values.yaml
index db668c9..b8e0d5e 100644
--- a/charts/bee/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/bee/values.yaml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ beeConfig:
   ## debug HTTP API listen address
   debug_api_addr: :6060
   ## enable debug HTTP API
-  enable_debug_api: true
+  enable_debug_api: false
   ## ID of the Swarm network
   network_id: 1
   ## password for decrypting keys (please change it for production deployments)