diff --git a/src/go/pt-galera-log-explainer/main.go b/src/go/pt-galera-log-explainer/main.go
index f3e94d19..bc177900 100644
--- a/src/go/pt-galera-log-explainer/main.go
+++ b/src/go/pt-galera-log-explainer/main.go
@@ -28,14 +28,15 @@ var (
 var buildInfo = fmt.Sprintf("%s\nVersion %s\nBuild: %s using %s\nCommit: %s", toolname, Version, Build, GoVersion, Commit)
 
 var CLI struct {
-	NoColor          bool
-	Since            *time.Time      `help:"Only list events after this date, format: 2023-01-23T03:53:40Z (RFC3339)"`
-	Until            *time.Time      `help:"Only list events before this date"`
-	Verbosity        types.Verbosity `type:"counter" short:"v" default:"0" help:"-v: DebugMySQL (add every mysql info the tool used), -vv: Debug (internal tool debug)"`
-	PxcOperator      bool            `default:"false" help:"Analyze logs from Percona PXC operator. Off by default because it negatively impacts performance for non-k8s setups"`
-	ExcludeRegexes   []string        `help:"Remove regexes from analysis. List regexes using 'pt-galera-log-explainer regex-list'"`
-	MergeByDirectory bool            `help:"Instead of relying on identification, merge contexts and columns by base directory. Very useful when dealing with many small logs organized per directories."`
-	SkipMerge        bool            `help:"Disable the ability to merge log files together. Can be used when every nodes have the same wsrep_node_name"`
+	NoColor               bool
+	Since                 *time.Time      `help:"Only list events after this date, format: 2023-01-23T03:53:40Z (RFC3339)"`
+	Until                 *time.Time      `help:"Only list events before this date"`
+	Verbosity             types.Verbosity `type:"counter" short:"v" default:"0" help:"-v: DebugMySQL (add every mysql info the tool used), -vv: Debug (internal tool debug)"`
+	PxcOperator           bool            `default:"false" help:"Analyze logs from Percona PXC operator. Will cause slow performance on non-k8s setups"`
+	SkipOperatorDetection bool            `default:"false" help:"Skip auto detection of Percona PXC operator logs"`
+	ExcludeRegexes        []string        `help:"Remove regexes from analysis. List regexes using 'pt-galera-log-explainer regex-list'"`
+	MergeByDirectory      bool            `help:"Instead of relying on identification, merge contexts and columns by base directory. Very useful when dealing with many small logs organized per directories."`
+	SkipMerge             bool            `help:"Disable the ability to merge log files together. Can be used when every nodes have the same wsrep_node_name"`
 
 	List list `cmd:""`
 	//Whois whois `cmd:""`
@@ -79,9 +80,10 @@ func main() {
 		paths = CLI.Conflicts.Paths
 	}
 
-	if !CLI.PxcOperator && areOperatorFiles(paths) {
+	if !CLI.PxcOperator && !CLI.SkipOperatorDetection && areOperatorFiles(paths) {
 		CLI.PxcOperator = true
 		log.Info().Msg("Detected logs coming from Percona XtraDB Cluster Operator, enabling --pxc-operator")
+
 	}
 
 	translate.AssumeIPStable = !CLI.PxcOperator