diff --git a/kubernetes/app/reitti/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/app/reitti/deployment.yaml
index f8b4f05..87d18a9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/app/reitti/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/app/reitti/deployment.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ spec:
               value: https://${REITTI_HOST}
             - name: JAVA_OPTS
               value: -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75
+            # TEMPORARY: unlocks Settings → Manage Data (manual reprocessing). Turn off after use.
+            - name: DANGEROUS_LIFE
+              value: "true"
             - name: POSTGIS_HOST
               value: reitti-db
             - name: POSTGIS_USER