diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82f72e8..69787a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.taboola</groupId>
     <artifactId>async-profiler-actuator-endpoint</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.1_${async.profiler.version}</version>
+    <version>2.0.2_${async.profiler.version}</version>
 
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>Async Profiler Actuator Endpoint</description>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <com.taboola.spring.version>4.3.23.RELEASE</com.taboola.spring.version>
         <com.taboola.spring.boot.version>1.5.20.RELEASE</com.taboola.spring.boot.version>
         <com.taboola.lombok.version>1.18.10</com.taboola.lombok.version>
-        <async.profiler.version>2.7</async.profiler.version>
+        <async.profiler.version>2.9</async.profiler.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <skip.bootstrap>false</skip.bootstrap>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/AsyncProfilerCommandsFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/AsyncProfilerCommandsFactory.java
index 035206f..7304bba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/AsyncProfilerCommandsFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/AsyncProfilerCommandsFactory.java
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ public String createStartCommand(ProfileRequest profileRequest, String filePath)
             stringBuilder.append(interval);
         }
 
+        if (profileRequest.getEvents().contains(Events.ALLOC) && profileRequest.isLiveObjectsOnly()) {
+            stringBuilder.append(",live");
+        }
+
         if (profileRequest.getJfrSync() != null) {
             if (profileRequest.getJfrSync().isEmpty()) {
                 stringBuilder.append(",jfrsync");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/ProfileRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/ProfileRequest.java
index 615c76b..2c95b55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/ProfileRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/ProfileRequest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class ProfileRequest {
     Integer samplingInterval = 1;
     TimeUnit samplingIntervalTimeUnit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
     Integer allocIntervalBytes = 10_000;//relevant only for alloc event.
+    boolean liveObjectsOnly = true;
     Integer lockThresholdNanos = 1;//relevant only for lock event.
     boolean separateThreads = false;
     String includedThreads;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/AsyncProfilerCommandsFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/AsyncProfilerCommandsFactoryTest.java
index 89c55c8..644b266 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/AsyncProfilerCommandsFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/taboola/async_profiler/api/facade/AsyncProfilerCommandsFactoryTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public void testCreateStartCommandWithMultipleEvents() {
         profileRequest.setSamplingIntervalTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
         String command = commandFactory.createStartCommand(profileRequest, file);
 
-        assertEquals("start,event=cpu,alloc=10000,lock=1,file=f,jfr,interval=1", command);
+        assertEquals("start,event=cpu,alloc=10000,lock=1,file=f,jfr,interval=1,live", command);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ public void testCreateStartCommand_whenEventIsAlloc_intervalShouldBeTakenFromInt
         profileRequest.setAllocIntervalBytes(2);
         String command = commandFactory.createStartCommand(profileRequest, file);
 
+        assertEquals("start,event=alloc,alloc=2,file=f,flamegraph,interval=1000000,live", command);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateStartCommand_whenEventIsAllocAndLiveObjectsOnlyIsFalse() {
+        String file = "f";
+        ProfileRequest profileRequest = new ProfileRequest();
+        profileRequest.setEvents(new HashSet<String>(){{add(Events.ALLOC);}});
+        profileRequest.setSamplingInterval(1);
+        profileRequest.setAllocIntervalBytes(2);
+        profileRequest.setLiveObjectsOnly(false);
+        String command = commandFactory.createStartCommand(profileRequest, file);
+
         assertEquals("start,event=alloc,alloc=2,file=f,flamegraph,interval=1000000", command);
     }