diff --git a/charts/port-ocean/README.md b/charts/port-ocean/README.md
index 99ecb9b..30d2cbe 100644
--- a/charts/port-ocean/README.md
+++ b/charts/port-ocean/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ The following table lists the configuration parameters of the `port-ocean` chart
 | `workload.kind`                                  | Kind of the workload. Can be either Deployment or CronJob                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | `Deployment`                |
 | `workload.deployment.rolloutStrategy`            | Deployment rollout strategy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | `Recreate`                  |
 | `workload.cron.resyncTimeoutMinutes`             | Timeout in minutes for the resync cron job. When set to 0 or null, the cron job will not have a timeout.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | `60`                        |
+| `workload.cron.resyncOnInstall`                  | Should the first instllation trigger a resync job.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | `true`                      |
+| `workload.cron.resyncOnUpgrade`                  | Should the upgrade trigger a resync job.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | `true`                      |
 | `securityContext`                                | Security context applied to the container.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | `{}`                        |
 | `resources`                                      | Container resource requests and limits.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | `{}`                        |
 | `nodeSelector`                                   | NodeSelector applied to the pod.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `{}`                        |
diff --git a/charts/port-ocean/templates/cron-job/cron.yaml b/charts/port-ocean/templates/cron-job/cron.yaml
index 453d691..47b9913 100644
--- a/charts/port-ocean/templates/cron-job/cron.yaml
+++ b/charts/port-ocean/templates/cron-job/cron.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {{- if eq .Values.workload.kind "CronJob" }}
 {{- $maxRunTimeSeconds := "" }}
-{{- if (.Values.workload.cron).resyncTimeout }}
+{{- if (.Values.workload.cron).resyncTimeoutMinutes }}
 {{- $minute := 60 }}
-{{- $maxRunTimeSeconds = (mul (.Values.workload.cron).resyncTimeout $minute )}}
+{{- $maxRunTimeSeconds = (mul (.Values.workload.cron).resyncTimeoutMinutes $minute )}}
 {{- end }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: CronJob
diff --git a/charts/port-ocean/templates/cron-job/installation-resync-job.yml b/charts/port-ocean/templates/cron-job/installation-resync-job.yml
index ab7fe65..3122a7e 100644
--- a/charts/port-ocean/templates/cron-job/installation-resync-job.yml
+++ b/charts/port-ocean/templates/cron-job/installation-resync-job.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{{- if and (eq .Values.workload.kind "CronJob") }}
+{{- $resyncOnInstall := (.Values.workload.cron).resyncOnInstall | default true }}
+{{- $resyncOnUpgrade := (.Values.workload.cron).resyncOnUpgrade | default true }}
+{{- if and (eq .Values.workload.kind "CronJob") (or $resyncOnInstall $resyncOnUpgrade) }}
 {{- $jobName := .Release.Revision }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
diff --git a/charts/port-ocean/values.yaml b/charts/port-ocean/values.yaml
index 24d2cdd..9859ecf 100644
--- a/charts/port-ocean/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/port-ocean/values.yaml
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ workload:
   deployment:
     rolloutStrategy: "Recreate"
 
-#  cron:
-#    resyncTimeout: 60
+  cron:
+    # number of minutes to wait before cancelling the resync
+    resyncTimeoutMinutes: null
+    resyncOnInstall: true
+    resyncOnUpgrade: true
 
 resources:
   requests: