diff --git a/deployment/helm/tech-blog-backend/templates/service-monitor.yaml b/deployment/helm/tech-blog-backend/templates/service-monitor.yaml
index b5ce5c1..eec8ed3 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/tech-blog-backend/templates/service-monitor.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/tech-blog-backend/templates/service-monitor.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{ if .Values.prometheus.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
@@ -16,3 +17,4 @@ spec:
     - port: api-v1
       path: metrics
       interval: 30s
+{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/helm/tech-blog-backend/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/tech-blog-backend/values.yaml
index dc88501..d12479e 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/tech-blog-backend/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/tech-blog-backend/values.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ migration:
     imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   dotEnv:
     secretResourceName: ""
+
+prometheus:
+  enabled: false