diff --git a/charts/netris-controller/Chart.yaml b/charts/netris-controller/Chart.yaml
index 74a9acc..f476a60 100644
--- a/charts/netris-controller/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/netris-controller/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 2.3.0-alpha.10
+version: 2.3.0-alpha.11
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: 4.3.0-alpha.10
+appVersion: 4.3.0-alpha.11
 home: https://netris.ai
 icon: https://www.netris.ai/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/logo-300.png  # [todo] Change url to permalink
 keywords:
diff --git a/charts/netris-controller/README.md b/charts/netris-controller/README.md
index 0ee4919..8f4c1ff 100644
--- a/charts/netris-controller/README.md
+++ b/charts/netris-controller/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the netris-controller c
 | `web-service-backend.autoscaling.minReplicas`                     | Default min replicas for autoscaling                                                                      | `1`                              |
 | `web-service-backend.autoscaling.maxReplicas`                     | Default max replicas for autoscaling                                                                      | `100`                            |
 | `web-service-backend.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage`  | The desired target CPU utilization for autoscaling                                                        | `80`                             |
+| `web-service-backend.nodeOptions`                                 | A space-separated list of Node.js command-line options                                                    | `--max-old-space-size=8192`      |
+
 
 ### Netris-Controller web-service-frontend parameters
 | Parameter                                                         | Description                                                                                               | Default                           |
diff --git a/charts/netris-controller/templates/netris-controller-initdb.yaml b/charts/netris-controller/templates/netris-controller-initdb.yaml
index 066826c..286adb0 100644
--- a/charts/netris-controller/templates/netris-controller-initdb.yaml
+++ b/charts/netris-controller/templates/netris-controller-initdb.yaml
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ data:
     INSERT INTO `tenants` VALUES (2,'DevOps',0,0,0,0,0,'region',1,10,0,'public','2019-01-15 09:37:34','2020-07-14 19:00:02','DevOps Resources');
   01-users.sql: |
     USE {{ .Values.mariadb.auth.database }};
-    INSERT INTO `users` VALUES (1,'{{ .Values.netris.webLogin }}','{{ .Values.netris.webPassword | sha1sum }}',NULL,'Netris','info@netris.local','',NULL,0,'','','Netris',NULL,0,1,'disabled','','{"approvals":"false","telescope":"false"}', NULL, NULL);
+    INSERT INTO `users` VALUES (1,'{{ .Values.netris.webLogin }}','{{ .Values.netris.webPassword | bcrypt }}','true','Netris','info@netris.local','',NULL,0,'','','Netris',NULL,0,1,'disabled','','{"approvals":"false","telescope":"false"}', NULL, NULL);
     INSERT INTO `users` VALUES (2,'system',NULL,NULL,'System Generated','system@netris.local','',NULL,0,'','','Netris',NULL,0,1,'disabled','','{"approvals":"false","telescope":"false"}', NULL, NULL);
 
     INSERT INTO `user_to_tenant` VALUES (1,1,0,'w');
diff --git a/charts/netris-controller/templates/web-service-backend.yaml b/charts/netris-controller/templates/web-service-backend.yaml
index ab1499a..b79d015 100644
--- a/charts/netris-controller/templates/web-service-backend.yaml
+++ b/charts/netris-controller/templates/web-service-backend.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: {{ printf "%s-%s" (include "netris-controller.fullname" .) "web-session-secret" }}
                   key: secret-key
+            - name: NODE_OPTIONS
+              value: {{ (index .Values $microservicename).nodeOptions | quote }}
           ports:
             - name: {{ (index .Values $microservicename).service.name }}
               containerPort: {{ (index .Values $microservicename).service.port }}
diff --git a/charts/netris-controller/values.yaml b/charts/netris-controller/values.yaml
index 95ef0ca..d1790d8 100644
--- a/charts/netris-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/netris-controller/values.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ web-service-backend:
     targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 80
     # targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 80
 
+  nodeOptions: "--max-old-space-size=8192"
+
 
 web-service-frontend:
   replicaCount: 1