diff --git a/kubernetes/common/network-name-gen/values.yaml b/kubernetes/common/network-name-gen/values.yaml
index 2ab9b93..e028e39 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/network-name-gen/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/network-name-gen/values.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
   mariadbGalera: &mariadbGalera
+    # flag to enable the DB creation via mariadb-operator
+    useOperator: true
     #This flag allows SO to instantiate its own mariadb-galera cluster
     #When changing it to "true", also set "globalCluster: false"
     #as the dependency check will not work otherwise (Chart.yaml)