diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/values.yaml
index 884bc39..baa87c2 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/values.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   enabled: false
 
 persistence:
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
 
   ## A manually managed Persistent Volume and Claim
   ## Requires persistence.enabled: true