diff --git a/osm-seed/templates/overpass-api/overpass-api-statefulset.yaml b/osm-seed/templates/overpass-api/overpass-api-statefulset.yaml
index 3b0e6af0..39c47ed6 100644
--- a/osm-seed/templates/overpass-api/overpass-api-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/osm-seed/templates/overpass-api/overpass-api-statefulset.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.overpassApi.env.OVERPASS_PLANET_PREPROCESS | quote}}
             - name: OVERPASS_REPLICATION_SEQUENCE_NUMBER
               value: {{ .Values.overpassApi.env.OVERPASS_REPLICATION_SEQUENCE_NUMBER | quote }}
+            - name: OVERPASS_ALLOW_DUPLICATE_QUERIES
+              value: {{ .Values.overpassApi.env.OVERPASS_ALLOW_DUPLICATE_QUERIES | quote }}
           volumeMounts:
           - mountPath: /db
             name: overpass-api-storage
diff --git a/osm-seed/values.yaml b/osm-seed/values.yaml
index 137a56ce..63637377 100644
--- a/osm-seed/values.yaml
+++ b/osm-seed/values.yaml
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ overpassApi:
     OVERPASS_RULES_LOAD: 10
     OVERPASS_PLANET_PREPROCESS: 'mv /db/planet.osm.bz2 /db/planet.osm.pbf && osmium cat -o /db/planet.osm.bz2 /db/planet.osm.pbf && rm /db/planet.osm.pbf'
     OVERPASS_REPLICATION_SEQUENCE_NUMBER: 5201000
+    OVERPASS_ALLOW_DUPLICATE_QUERIES: "yes"
   persistenceDisk:
     enabled: false
     accessMode: ReadWriteOnce