diff --git a/charts/access-manager/Chart.yaml b/charts/access-manager/Chart.yaml
index c289a72..dd84737 100644
--- a/charts/access-manager/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/access-manager/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: Kubernetes-Operator to simplify RBAC configurations
 name: access-manager
-version: 0.7.0
+version: 0.7.1
 appVersion: 0.7.0
 home: https://github.com/ckotzbauer/access-manager
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/access-manager/README.md b/charts/access-manager/README.md
index f599abe..cf7985e 100644
--- a/charts/access-manager/README.md
+++ b/charts/access-manager/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Access-Manager char
 
 |               Parameter                |                    Description                    |            Default                    |
 | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
+| `replicas`                             | replicas of deployment (leader-election only > 1) | `1`                                   |
 | `image.repository`                     | container image repository                        | `ghcr.io/ckotzbauer/access-manager`   |
 | `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.7.0`                               |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                     | container image pull policy                       | `IfNotPresent`                        |
diff --git a/charts/access-manager/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/access-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
index b9c28ea..99dcef1 100644
--- a/charts/access-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/access-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
     release: {{ .Release.Name }}
     heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicas }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: {{ template "app.name" . }}
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ spec:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          {{- if gt .Values.replicas 1.0 }}
           args:
           - --enable-leader-election
+          {{- end }}
           securityContext:
 {{ toYaml .Values.securityContext | indent 12 }}
           resources:
diff --git a/charts/access-manager/values.yaml b/charts/access-manager/values.yaml
index f2aacf1..840942c 100644
--- a/charts/access-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/access-manager/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
+replicas: 1
+
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/ckotzbauer/access-manager
   tag: 0.7.0