diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd133da..3c9dda7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 build
 dist
 *.egg-info
+parameters.yml
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be38eac..91f6d3e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 setup(
     description = 'A tool to manage contents of AWS SSM Parameter Store',
     name = 'ssm-diff',
-    version = '0.5',
+    version = '0.6',
     author = 'Sergey Motovilovets',
     author_email = 'motovilovets.sergey@gmail.com',
     license='MIT',
     url = 'https://github.com/runtheops/ssm-diff',
-    download_url = 'https://github.com/runtheops/ssm-diff/archive/0.5.tar.gz',
+    download_url = 'https://github.com/runtheops/ssm-diff/archive/0.6.tar.gz',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     keywords = ['aws', 'ssm', 'parameter-store'],
diff --git a/ssm-diff b/ssm-diff
index 73ebca1..50bbb6a 100755
--- a/ssm-diff
+++ b/ssm-diff
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import os
 
 
 def init(args):
-    r, l = RemoteState(args.profile), LocalState(args.filename)
+    r, l = RemoteState(args.profile, args.overwrite), LocalState(args.filename)
     l.save(r.get(flat=False, paths=args.path))
 
 
 def pull(args):
     dictfilter = lambda x, y: dict([ (i,x[i]) for i in x if i in set(y) ])
-    r, l = RemoteState(args.profile), LocalState(args.filename)
+    r, l = RemoteState(args.profile, args.overwrite), LocalState(args.filename)
     diff = helpers.FlatDictDiffer(r.get(paths=args.path), l.get(paths=args.path))
     if args.force:
         ref_set = diff.changed().union(diff.removed()).union(diff.unchanged())
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def apply(args):
 
 
 def plan(args):
-    r, l = RemoteState(args.profile), LocalState(args.filename)
+    r, l = RemoteState(args.profile, args.overwrite), LocalState(args.filename)
     diff = helpers.FlatDictDiffer(r.get(paths=args.path), l.get(paths=args.path))
 
     if diff.differ:
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument('-f', help='local state yml file', action='store', dest='filename', default='parameters.yml')
     parser.add_argument('--path', '-p', action='append', help='filter SSM path')
     parser.add_argument('--profile', help='AWS profile name', action='store', dest='profile')
+    parser.add_argument('--overwrite', help='Overwrite on change', action='store', type=lambda x: (str(x).lower() == 'true'), dest='overwrite', default=True)
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest='func', help='commands')
     subparsers.required = True
 
diff --git a/states/states.py b/states/states.py
index bb96897..450cdd7 100644
--- a/states/states.py
+++ b/states/states.py
@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ def save(self, state):
 
 
 class RemoteState(object):
-    def __init__(self, profile):
+    def __init__(self, profile, overwrite):
         if profile:
             boto3.setup_default_session(profile_name=profile)
         self.ssm = boto3.client('ssm')
+        self.overwrite = overwrite
 
     def get(self, paths=['/'], flat=True):
         p = self.ssm.get_paginator('get_parameters_by_path')
@@ -132,11 +133,15 @@ def apply(self, diff):
         for k in diff.removed():
             self.ssm.delete_parameter(Name=k)
 
+        if not self.overwrite:
+            print("Skipping overwrite of vars")
+            return
+
         for k in diff.changed():
             ssm_type = 'SecureString' if isinstance(diff.target[k], SecureTag) else 'String'
 
             self.ssm.put_parameter(
                 Name=k,
                 Value=repr(diff.target[k]) if type(diff.target[k]) == SecureTag else str(diff.target[k]),
-                Overwrite=True,
+                Overwrite=self.overwrite,
                 Type=ssm_type)