diff --git a/deploy/argocd/cluster-autoscaler.yaml b/deploy/argocd/cluster-autoscaler.yaml
index 4291204..1ca4d58 100644
--- a/deploy/argocd/cluster-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/deploy/argocd/cluster-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -68,4 +68,11 @@ spec:
       - ApplyOutOfSyncOnly=true
     automated:
       prune: true
-      selfHeal: true
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+      selfHeal: true
+  # This is present to allow for manual "pausing" of the service without ArgoCD interference
+  # Not necessariy best practice, but project is new and will have bugs.
+  ignoreDifferences: 
+  - group: apps
+    kind: Deployment
+    jsonPointers:
+    - /spec/replicas