diff --git a/backend/SC4SNMP_UI_backend/__init__.py b/backend/SC4SNMP_UI_backend/__init__.py
index 95b3143..3276693 100644
--- a/backend/SC4SNMP_UI_backend/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/SC4SNMP_UI_backend/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 CELERY_BROKER_URL = os.getenv("CELERY_BROKER_URL", "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//")
 REDIS_URL = os.getenv("REDIS_URL")
 VALUES_DIRECTORY = os.getenv("VALUES_DIRECTORY", "")
+KEEP_TEMP_FILES = os.getenv("KEEP_TEMP_FILES", "false")
 
 class NoValuesDirectoryException(Exception):
     pass
diff --git a/backend/SC4SNMP_UI_backend/apply_changes/handling_chain.py b/backend/SC4SNMP_UI_backend/apply_changes/handling_chain.py
index 7fad688..fd8e51a 100644
--- a/backend/SC4SNMP_UI_backend/apply_changes/handling_chain.py
+++ b/backend/SC4SNMP_UI_backend/apply_changes/handling_chain.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def handle(self, request: dict):
 
         for key, value in request["yaml_sections"].items():
             tmp_file_name = TMP_FILE_PREFIX + key.replace(".", "_") + ".yaml"
-            directory = VALUES_DIRECTORY if not values_file_resolved else TMP_DIR
+            directory = VALUES_DIRECTORY if not delete_temp_files else TMP_DIR
             tmp_file_path = os.path.join(directory, tmp_file_name)
 
             mongo_collection = value[0]