diff --git a/charts/orb/Chart.yaml b/charts/orb/Chart.yaml
index d83de28..b63c083 100644
--- a/charts/orb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/orb/Chart.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ name: orb
 description: Orb Observability Platform
 icon: https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/13207490
 type: application
-version: 1.0.43
+version: 1.0.44
 appVersion: "0.22.0"
 home: https://getorb.io
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/orb/templates/migrate-job.yaml b/charts/orb/templates/migrate-job.yaml
index 89cf2fd..9316a2f 100644
--- a/charts/orb/templates/migrate-job.yaml
+++ b/charts/orb/templates/migrate-job.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
       - name: {{ .Release.Name }}-migrate
         image: "{{ default .Values.defaults.image.repository .Values.migrate.image.repository }}/{{ default .Values.migrate.image.name }}:{{ default .Values.defaults.image.tag .Values.migrate.image.tag }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ default .Values.defaults.image.pullPolicy .Values.migrate.image.pullPolicy }}
-        args: [ "up" ]
+        args: [ "{{ .Values.migrate.action }}" ]
         env:
           - name: ORB_MIGRATE_LOG_LEVEL
             value: {{ default .Values.defaults.logLevel .Values.migrate.logLevel }}
diff --git a/charts/orb/values.yaml b/charts/orb/values.yaml
index 8afb0cd..31da051 100644
--- a/charts/orb/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/orb/values.yaml
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ migrate:
   autoMigrate: false
   logLevel: "debug"
   backoffLimit: 10
+  action: "up"
   dbs:
     keto:
       host: "" # Set this field with host if you want to point to external database such as RDS