diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 4ee729a7..2005dd4e 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ kraken:
     port: 8081
     publish_kraken_status: True                            # Can be accessed at http://0.0.0.0:8081
     signal_state: RUN                                      # Will wait for the RUN signal when set to PAUSE before running the scenarios, refer docs/signal.md for more details
+    litmus_install: True                                   # Installs specified version, set to False if it's already setup
     litmus_version: v1.13.6                                # Litmus version to install
     litmus_uninstall: False                                # If you want to uninstall litmus if failure
     litmus_uninstall_before_run: True                      # If you want to uninstall litmus before a new run starts
diff --git a/config/config_kubernetes.yaml b/config/config_kubernetes.yaml
index 34c871e0..cb61f2f3 100644
--- a/config/config_kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/config/config_kubernetes.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ kraken:
     port: 8081
     publish_kraken_status: True                            # Can be accessed at http://0.0.0.0:8081
     signal_state: RUN                                      # Will wait for the RUN signal when set to PAUSE before running the scenarios, refer docs/signal.md for more details
+    litmus_install: True                                   # Installs specified version, set to False if it's already setup
     litmus_version: v1.13.6                                # Litmus version to install
     litmus_uninstall: False                                # If you want to uninstall litmus if failure
     litmus_uninstall_before_run: True                      # If you want to uninstall litmus before a new run starts
diff --git a/run_kraken.py b/run_kraken.py
index 8e0e9b8c..41cb86aa 100644
--- a/run_kraken.py
+++ b/run_kraken.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def main(cfg):
         publish_running_status = config["kraken"].get("publish_kraken_status", False)
         port = config["kraken"].get("port", "8081")
         run_signal = config["kraken"].get("signal_state", "RUN")
+        litmus_install = config["kraken"].get("litmus_install", True)
         litmus_version = config["kraken"].get("litmus_version", "v1.9.1")
         litmus_uninstall = config["kraken"].get("litmus_uninstall", False)
         litmus_uninstall_before_run = config["kraken"].get("litmus_uninstall_before_run", True)
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ def main(cfg):
             iterations = int(iterations)
 
         failed_post_scenarios = []
-        litmus_installed = False
 
         # Capture the start time
         start_time = int(time.time())
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def main(cfg):
                             if distribution == "openshift":
                                 logging.info("Running litmus scenarios")
                                 litmus_namespace = "litmus"
-                                if not litmus_installed:
+                                if litmus_install:
                                     # Remove Litmus resources before running the scenarios
                                     common_litmus.delete_chaos(litmus_namespace)
                                     common_litmus.delete_chaos_experiments(litmus_namespace)
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ def main(cfg):
                                         common_litmus.uninstall_litmus(litmus_version, litmus_namespace)
                                     common_litmus.install_litmus(litmus_version, litmus_namespace)
                                     common_litmus.deploy_all_experiments(litmus_version, litmus_namespace)
-                                    litmus_installed = True
                                     common_litmus.run(
                                         scenarios_list,
                                         config,