diff --git a/chart/templates/configmap.yaml b/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
index b011617b..3f8e2c6c 100644
--- a/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ .Values.crawler_namespace }}
 
 data:
-  CRAWL_ARGS: >-
-    --sizeLimit {{ .Values.crawler_session_size_limit_bytes }} --timeLimit {{ .Values.crawler_session_time_limit_seconds }} --maxPageLimit {{ .Values.max_pages_per_crawl | default 0 }} --healthCheckPort {{ .Values.crawler_liveness_port }} --diskUtilization {{ .Values.disk_utilization_threshold }} --logging {{ .Values.crawler_logging_opts }} --text {{ .Values.crawler_extract_full_text }} --generateWACZ --collection thecrawl --screencastPort 9037 --logErrorsToRedis --writePagesToRedis --restartsOnError --headless --screenshot view,thumbnail {{ .Values.crawler_extra_args }}
+  {{- define "btrix.crawler_args" }} --sizeLimit {{ .Values.crawler_session_size_limit_bytes }} --timeLimit {{ .Values.crawler_session_time_limit_seconds }} --maxPageLimit {{ .Values.max_pages_per_crawl | default 0 }} --healthCheckPort {{ .Values.crawler_liveness_port }} --diskUtilization {{ .Values.disk_utilization_threshold }} --logging {{ .Values.crawler_logging_opts }} --text {{ .Values.crawler_extract_full_text }} --generateWACZ --collection thecrawl --screencastPort 9037 --logErrorsToRedis --writePagesToRedis --restartsOnError --headless --screenshot view,thumbnail {{ .Values.crawler_extra_args }} {{- end }}
+
+  CRAWL_ARGS: {{- include "btrix.crawler_args" . }}
+
+  # disable behaviors for QA runs, otherwise use same args
+  QA_ARGS: {{- include "btrix.crawler_args" . }} --behaviors=""
 
 ---
 apiVersion: v1