diff --git a/manifests/02-namespace.yaml b/manifests/02-namespace.yaml
index 26b38daca..9fb01ffac 100644
--- a/manifests/02-namespace.yaml
+++ b/manifests/02-namespace.yaml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ metadata:
     workload.openshift.io/allowed: "management"
   labels:
     openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
+    openshift.io/run-level: "" # specify no run-level turns it off on install and upgrades
     name: openshift-insights