diff --git a/charts/alaz/Chart.yaml b/charts/alaz/Chart.yaml
index f3a6e22..15c308a 100644
--- a/charts/alaz/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/alaz/Chart.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ icon: https://d2uj9largygsoq.cloudfront.net/docker/ddosify-square-icon-db.svg
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.7.4
+version: 0.8.0
 
 redhatVersion: 0.5.0
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ redhatVersion: 0.5.0
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "v0.7.3"
+appVersion: "v0.8.0"
 
 kubeVersion: ">=1.16.0-0"
 
diff --git a/charts/alaz/README.md b/charts/alaz/README.md
index 18807d7..eb8a6fc 100644
--- a/charts/alaz/README.md
+++ b/charts/alaz/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Alaz chart and thei
 | `containerPort` | Container port for debugging and profiling Alaz | int | `8181` |
 | `podAnnotations` | Annotations to add to the pod | object | `{}` |
 | `metricsEnabled` | Enable prometheus node exporter metrics (cpu, memory, network, disk, etc.) | bool | `true` |
-| `serviceMapEnabled` | Enable service map for K8s network traffic using eBPF | bool | `true` |
-| `distTracingEnabled` | Enable distributed tracing using eBPF | bool | `true` |
+| `tracingEnabled` | Enable tracing (service map and distributed tracing) using eBPF | bool | `true` |
+| `logsEnabled` | Enable logging | bool | `false` |
+| `excludedNamespaces` | Namespaces to exclude from monitoring with regex format. For example: `"^anteon.*"` to exclude all namespaces starting with "anteon" | string | `""` |
 
 You can override these default values by creating a `values.yaml` file and specifying your own values or using the `--set` flag during installation.
diff --git a/charts/alaz/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/alaz/templates/daemonset.yaml
index d02c9aa..7bc9092 100644
--- a/charts/alaz/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/alaz/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@ spec:
       hostPID: true
       containers:
       - env:
+        - name: TRACING_ENABLED
+          value: "{{ .Values.tracingEnabled }}"
         - name: METRICS_ENABLED
           value: "{{ .Values.metricsEnabled }}"
-        - name: SERVICE_MAP_ENABLED
-          value: "{{ .Values.serviceMapEnabled }}"
-        - name: DIST_TRACING_ENABLED
-          value: "{{ .Values.distTracingEnabled }}"
+        - name: LOGS_ENABLED
+          value: "{{ .Values.logsEnabled }}"
         - name: BACKEND_HOST
           value: {{ .Values.backendHost }}
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
           value: "{{ .Values.logLevel }}"
+        - name: EXCLUDE_NAMESPACES
+          value: "{{ .Values.excludedNamespaces }}"
         - name: MONITORING_ID
           value: {{ .Values.monitoringID }}
         - name: NODE_NAME
diff --git a/charts/alaz/values.yaml b/charts/alaz/values.yaml
index afa3f97..175a241 100644
--- a/charts/alaz/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/alaz/values.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ resources:
     cpu: 500m
     memory: 400Mi
 
-image: ddosify/alaz:v0.7.3
+image: ddosify/alaz:v0.8.0
 imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 containerPort: 8181
 podAnnotations: {}
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ podAnnotations: {}
 # enable prometheus node exporter metrics (cpu, memory, network, disk, etc.)
 metricsEnabled: true
 
-# enable eBPF for k8s network data to create a service map
-serviceMapEnabled: true
+# enable tracing (service map and distributed tracing) using eBPF
+tracingEnabled: true
 
-# enable distributed tracing using eBPF
-distTracingEnabled: true
+# enable logs
+logsEnabled: false
+
+# exclude namespaces from tracing, metrics and logs. 
+# Regex pattern to exclude namespaces.
+# Example: "^anteon.*" 
+excludedNamespaces: ""