diff --git a/frontend/src/API/interfaces.ts b/frontend/src/API/interfaces.ts
index 8f2f3a2..3497407 100644
--- a/frontend/src/API/interfaces.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/API/interfaces.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export interface ApplicationStatus {
   ClusterMode: boolean;
   CurVer: string;
   LatestVer: string;
+  NoHealth: boolean;
+  NoLatest: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface KubectlContexts {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/InstalledPackages/InstalledPackageCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/InstalledPackages/InstalledPackageCard.tsx
index 9f5a2d0..a6c2cf8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/InstalledPackages/InstalledPackageCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/InstalledPackages/InstalledPackageCard.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { isNewerVersion } from "../../utils";
 import type { LatestChartVersion } from "../../API/interfaces";
 import useNavigateWithSearchParams from "../../hooks/useNavigateWithSearchParams";
 import { useInView } from "react-intersection-observer";
+import { useGetApplicationStatus } from "../../API/other";
 
 type InstalledPackageCardProps = {
   release: Release;
@@ -31,14 +32,17 @@ export default function InstalledPackageCard({
     threshold: 0.3,
     triggerOnce: true,
   });
+  const { data: status } = useGetApplicationStatus();
+
   const { data: latestVersionResult } = useGetLatestVersion(release.chartName, {
     queryKey: ["chartName", release.chartName],
+    enabled: !status?.NoLatest,
   });
 
   const { data: statusData = [], isLoading } = useQuery<ReleaseHealthStatus[]>({
     queryKey: ["resourceStatus", release],
     queryFn: () => apiService.getResourceStatus({ release }),
-    enabled: inView,
+    enabled: inView && !status?.NoHealth,
   });
 
   const latestVersionData: LatestChartVersion | undefined =
diff --git a/frontend/src/data/types.ts b/frontend/src/data/types.ts
index 3e7b8a6..b49861e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/data/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/data/types.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ export type Status = {
   Analytics: boolean;
   CacheHitRatio: number;
   ClusterMode: boolean;
+  NoHealth: boolean;
+  NoLatest: boolean;
 };
 
 export type ChartVersion = {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4eac5dc..25af713 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ type options struct {
 	Namespace  string   `short:"n" long:"namespace" description:"Namespace for HELM operations"`
 	Devel      bool     `long:"devel" description:"Include development versions of charts"`
 	LocalChart []string `long:"local-chart" description:"Specify location of local chart to include into UI"`
+	NoHealth   bool     `long:"no-health" description:"Disable health checks for installed charts"`
+	NoLatest   bool     `long:"no-latest" description:"Disable latest version checks for installed charts"`
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ func main() {
 		NoTracking:  opts.NoTracking,
 		Devel:       opts.Devel,
 		LocalCharts: opts.LocalChart,
+		NoHealth:    opts.NoHealth,
+		NoLatest:    opts.NoLatest,
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
diff --git a/pkg/dashboard/handlers/helmHandlers.go b/pkg/dashboard/handlers/helmHandlers.go
index fce14b5..e3a328d 100644
--- a/pkg/dashboard/handlers/helmHandlers.go
+++ b/pkg/dashboard/handlers/helmHandlers.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (h *HelmHandler) Resources(c *gin.Context) {
 		//return
 	}
 
-	if c.Query("health") != "" { // we need  to query k8s for health status
+	if c.Query("health") != "" && !h.Data.StatusInfo.NoHealth { // we need  to query k8s for health status
 		app := h.GetApp(c)
 		if app == nil {
 			_ = c.AbortWithError(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ func (h *HelmHandler) RepoLatestVer(c *gin.Context) {
 		return // sets error inside
 	}
 
+	if h.Data.StatusInfo.NoLatest {
+		c.Status(http.StatusNoContent)
+		return
+	}
+
 	rep, err := app.Repositories.Containing(qp.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = c.AbortWithError(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
diff --git a/pkg/dashboard/objects/data.go b/pkg/dashboard/objects/data.go
index b87d73b..3bfa726 100644
--- a/pkg/dashboard/objects/data.go
+++ b/pkg/dashboard/objects/data.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ type StatusInfo struct {
 	Analytics     bool
 	CacheHitRatio float64
 	ClusterMode   bool
+	NoHealth      bool
+	NoLatest      bool
 }
 
 func NewDataLayer(ns []string, ver string, cg HelmConfigGetter, devel bool) (*DataLayer, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/dashboard/server.go b/pkg/dashboard/server.go
index 068bdd1..7fd0e65 100644
--- a/pkg/dashboard/server.go
+++ b/pkg/dashboard/server.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type Server struct {
 	NoTracking  bool
 	Devel       bool
 	LocalCharts []string
+	NoHealth    bool
+	NoLatest    bool
 }
 
 func (s *Server) StartServer(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) (string, utils.ControlChan, error) {
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ func (s *Server) StartServer(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) (st
 	data.LocalCharts = s.LocalCharts
 	data.StatusInfo.Analytics = (!s.NoTracking && s.Version != "0.0.0") || utils.EnvAsBool("HD_DEV_ANALYTICS", false)
 
+	data.StatusInfo.NoHealth = s.NoHealth || utils.EnvAsBool("HD_NO_HEALTH", false)
+	data.StatusInfo.NoLatest = s.NoLatest || utils.EnvAsBool("HD_NO_LATEST", false)
+
 	err = s.detectClusterMode(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, errorx.Decorate(err, "Failed to detect cluster mode")