diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index daee311..83537c7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for VictoriaMetrics
 victoriametrics_repo_url: "https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics"
-victoriametrics_download_url:  "{{ victoriametrics_repo_url }}/releases/download/{{ victoriametrics_version }}/victoria-metrics-{{ victoriametrics_version }}.tar.gz"
-victoriametrics_vmutils_download_url: "{{ victoriametrics_repo_url }}/releases/download/{{ victoriametrics_version }}/vmutils-{{ victoriametrics_version }}.tar.gz"
-victoriametrics_version: "v1.28.0"
+victoriametrics_cpu_architecture: "amd64"
+victoriametrics_download_url:  "{{ victoriametrics_repo_url }}/releases/download/{{ victoriametrics_version }}/victoria-metrics-{{ victoriametrics_cpu_architecture }}-{{ victoriametrics_version }}.tar.gz"
+victoriametrics_vmutils_download_url: "{{ victoriametrics_repo_url }}/releases/download/{{ victoriametrics_version }}/vmutils-{{ victoriametrics_cpu_architecture }}-{{ victoriametrics_version }}.tar.gz"
+victoriametrics_version: "v1.69.0"
 victoriametrics_system_user: "victoriametrics"
 victoriametrics_system_group: "{{ victoriametrics_system_user }}"
 victoriametrics_data_dir: "/var/lib/victoria-metrics/"
 victoriametrics_service_args:
-  storageDataPath: "{{ victoriametrics_data_dir }}"
+  storageDataPath: "{{ victoriametrics_data_dir }}" # default retentionPeriod is 1 months
+victoriametrics_service_flags:
+ disable_cache: "search.disableCache" # useful during data backfilling
 victoriametrics_max_open_files: 2097152
 victoriametrics_install_vmutil: false
diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index f240d9e..33dbd78 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
   notify: Restart VictoriaMetrics service
-  no_log: True
+  no_log: False
diff --git a/tasks/install_vmutils.yml b/tasks/install_vmutils.yml
index 63664f8..52cb4de 100644
--- a/tasks/install_vmutils.yml
+++ b/tasks/install_vmutils.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
          victoriametrics_version not in victoriametrics_current_version.stderr and
          victoriametrics_install_vmutil == True
 
-- name: Download and unarchive VictoriaMetrics release binary
+- name: Download and unarchive VictoriaMetrics vmutils release binary
   unarchive:
     src: "{{ victoriametrics_vmutils_download_url }}"
     dest: /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/templates/victoriametrics.service.j2 b/templates/victoriametrics.service.j2
index de1ddd7..c2033ea 100644
--- a/templates/victoriametrics.service.j2
+++ b/templates/victoriametrics.service.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ LimitNOFILE={{ victoriametrics_max_open_files }}
 User={{ victoriametrics_system_user }}
 Group={{ victoriametrics_system_group }}
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/victoria-metrics-prod \
-    {% for flag, flag_value in victoriametrics_service_args.items() %}--{{ flag }}={{ flag_value }} {% endfor %}
+    {% for flag, flag_value in victoriametrics_service_args.items() %}--{{ flag }}={{ flag_value }} {% endfor %} \
+    {% for flag, flag_value in victoriametrics_service_flags.items() %}-{{ flag_value }} {% endfor %}
 
 SyslogIdentifier=victoriametrics
 Restart=always