diff --git a/production/helm/loki-stack/Chart.yaml b/production/helm/loki-stack/Chart.yaml
index 3b250b37f8..47a22857a4 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki-stack/Chart.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki-stack/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: "v1"
 name: loki-stack
-version: 0.29.0
+version: 0.30.0
 appVersion: v1.3.0
 kubeVersion: "^1.10.0-0"
 description: "Loki: like Prometheus, but for logs."
diff --git a/production/helm/promtail/Chart.yaml b/production/helm/promtail/Chart.yaml
index 54b914895d..bb6316cbf8 100644
--- a/production/helm/promtail/Chart.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/promtail/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: "v1"
 name: promtail
-version: 0.17.0
+version: 0.18.0
 appVersion: v1.3.0
 kubeVersion: "^1.10.0-0"
 description: "Responsible for gathering logs and sending them to Loki"
diff --git a/production/helm/promtail/templates/daemonset.yaml b/production/helm/promtail/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 66dbac5b3c..6a4266a5f3 100644
--- a/production/helm/promtail/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/promtail/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "promtail.serviceAccountName" . }}
     {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
       priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClassName }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.initContainer.enabled }}
+      initContainers:
+      - name: init
+        image: busybox
+        command:
+        - sh
+        - -c
+        - sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_instances={{ .Values.initContainer.fsInotifyMaxUserInstances }}
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
     {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: promtail
diff --git a/production/helm/promtail/values.yaml b/production/helm/promtail/values.yaml
index abf2c56f1f..9f6f942beb 100644
--- a/production/helm/promtail/values.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/promtail/values.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ annotations: {}
 
 deploymentStrategy: RollingUpdate
 
+initContainer:
+  enabled: false
+  fsInotifyMaxUserInstances: 128
+
 image:
   repository: grafana/promtail
   tag: v1.3.0