diff --git a/cost-analyzer/templates/cost-analyzer-frontend-config-map-template.yaml b/cost-analyzer/templates/cost-analyzer-frontend-config-map-template.yaml
index c30f361a3..18f748461 100755
--- a/cost-analyzer/templates/cost-analyzer-frontend-config-map-template.yaml
+++ b/cost-analyzer/templates/cost-analyzer-frontend-config-map-template.yaml
@@ -987,12 +987,40 @@ data:
             proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         }
         location = /model/debug/orchestrator {
+            {{ if .Values.kubecostFrontend.orchestratorEnabled }}
             proxy_read_timeout          {{ .Values.kubecostFrontend.timeoutSeconds | default 300 }};
             proxy_pass http://aggregator/debug/orchestrator;
             proxy_redirect off;
             proxy_set_header Connection "";
             proxy_set_header  X-Real-IP  $remote_addr;
-            proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+                proxy_set_header  X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            {{ else }}
+            default_type 'application/json';
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*' always;
+            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, OPTIONS' always;
+            return 200 '{
+              "fsmCurrent": "orchestrator-disabled",
+              "dbReadMemLimit": "",
+              "readDBPath": "/var/configs/waterfowl/duckdb/v0_10_3/kubecost-1718644669.duckdb.read",
+              "writeDBPath": "/var/configs/waterfowl/duckdb/v0_10_3/kubecost.duckdb.write",
+              "dbCopyFilePath": "/var/configs/waterfowl/duckdb/v0_10_3/kubecost.duckdb.copy",
+              "currentBucketRefreshInterval": "orchestrator-disabled",
+              "bootCyclesCompleted": 4,
+              "initialCompletionPercentage": 0,
+              "initialSetupStage": 1,
+              "initialSetupLabel": "stable",
+              "ingestedDurationHours": 0,
+              "ingestedGiB": 0,
+              "ingestedGiBPerHour": 0,
+              "pendingGiB": 0,
+              "estimatedIngestionHoursRemaining": 0,
+              "storageStats": {
+                "totalInMiB": 999.999,
+                "usedInMiB": 999.999,
+                "freeInMiB": 999.999,
+                "usedPercent": 0.0 }
+            }';
+            {{ end }}
         }
         location = /model/prediction/speccost {
             proxy_read_timeout          {{ .Values.kubecostFrontend.timeoutSeconds | default 300 }};
diff --git a/cost-analyzer/values.yaml b/cost-analyzer/values.yaml
index ff8b76557..2b95ff406 100644
--- a/cost-analyzer/values.yaml
+++ b/cost-analyzer/values.yaml
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ kubecostFrontend:
   # hideDiagnostics: false  # useful if the primary is not monitored. Supported in limited environments.
   # hideOrphanedResources: false  # OrphanedResources works on the primary-cluster's cloud-provider only.
 
+  orchestratorEnabled: true  # controls the green progress bar on the frontend. This option is experimental and should not be used without Kubecost support.
+
   # set to true to set all upstreams to use <service>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local instead of just <service>.<namespace>
   useDefaultFqdn: false
 #  api: