diff --git a/controllers/ipfs/config_ipfs.sh b/controllers/ipfs/config_ipfs.sh
index 91795028..3628c663 100644
--- a/controllers/ipfs/config_ipfs.sh
+++ b/controllers/ipfs/config_ipfs.sh
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ set -e
 
 ipfs config Addresses.API /ip4/$IPFS_API_HOST/tcp/$IPFS_API_PORT
 ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/$IPFS_GATEWAY_HOST/tcp/$IPFS_GATEWAY_PORT
+
+export IFS=";"
+for profile in $IPFS_PROFILES; do
+    ipfs config profile apply $profile
+    echo "$profile profile has been applied"
+done
diff --git a/controllers/ipfs/peer_controller.go b/controllers/ipfs/peer_controller.go
index cf01a622..5068fd35 100644
--- a/controllers/ipfs/peer_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/ipfs/peer_controller.go
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ type PeerReconciler struct {
 
 var (
 	//go:embed init_ipfs_config.sh
-	initIPFSConfig string
+	initIPFSConfigScript string
 	//go:embed copy_swarm_key.sh
-	copySwarmKey string
+	copySwarmKeyScript string
 	//go:embed config_ipfs.sh
-	configIPFS string
+	configIPFSScript string
 )
 
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=ipfs.kotal.io,resources=peers,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ func (r *PeerReconciler) specConfigmap(peer *ipfsv1alpha1.Peer, config *corev1.C
 	if config.Data == nil {
 		config.Data = make(map[string]string)
 	}
-	config.Data["init_ipfs_config.sh"] = initIPFSConfig
-	config.Data["copy_swarm_key.sh"] = copySwarmKey
-	config.Data["config_ipfs.sh"] = configIPFS
+	config.Data["init_ipfs_config.sh"] = initIPFSConfigScript
+	config.Data["copy_swarm_key.sh"] = copySwarmKeyScript
+	config.Data["config_ipfs.sh"] = configIPFSScript
 }
 
 // reconcilePVC reconciles ipfs peer persistent volume claim
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ func (r *PeerReconciler) specStatefulSet(peer *ipfsv1alpha1.Peer, sts *appsv1.St
 		VolumeMounts: volumeMounts,
 	})
 
+	// init ipfs config
+	profiles := []string{}
+	for _, profile := range peer.Spec.Profiles {
+		profiles = append(profiles, string(profile))
+	}
 	// config ipfs
 	initContainers = append(initContainers, corev1.Container{
 		Name:  "config-ipfs",
@@ -401,6 +406,10 @@ func (r *PeerReconciler) specStatefulSet(peer *ipfsv1alpha1.Peer, sts *appsv1.St
 				Name:  EnvIPFSGatewayHost,
 				Value: peer.Spec.GatewayHost,
 			},
+			{
+				Name:  EnvIPFSProfiles,
+				Value: strings.Join(profiles, ";"),
+			},
 		},
 		Command: []string{"/bin/sh"},
 		Args: []string{
diff --git a/controllers/ipfs/types.go b/controllers/ipfs/types.go
index a3908092..0f79f09c 100644
--- a/controllers/ipfs/types.go
+++ b/controllers/ipfs/types.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const (
 	EnvIPFSGatewayHost = "IPFS_GATEWAY_HOST"
 	// EnvIPFSInitProfiles is the environment variables used for initial profiles
 	EnvIPFSInitProfiles = "IPFS_INIT_PROFILES"
+	// EnvIPFSProfiles is the environment variables used for configuration profiles after peer intialization
+	EnvIPFSProfiles = "IPFS_PROFILES"
 
 	// EnvIPFSClusterPath is the environment variables used for ipfs-cluster-service path
 	EnvIPFSClusterPath = "IPFS_CLUSTER_PATH"