diff --git a/webhosting-operator/.run/webhosting-operator process (kind).run.xml b/webhosting-operator/.run/webhosting-operator process (kind).run.xml
index 7632fb8f..2deca6af 100644
--- a/webhosting-operator/.run/webhosting-operator process (kind).run.xml	
+++ b/webhosting-operator/.run/webhosting-operator process (kind).run.xml	
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
     <module name="kubernetes-controller-sharding" />
     <working_directory value="$PROJECT_DIR$/webhosting-operator" />
     <envs>
-      <env name="KUBECONFIG" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/webhosting-operator/dev/kind_kubeconfig.yaml" />
       <env name="LEADER_ELECT" value="false" />
       <env name="SHARD_ID" value="webhosting-operator-0" />
-      <env name="SHARD_MODE" value="sharder" />
+      <env name="SHARD_MODE" value="both" />
+      <env name="SHARDING_ENABLED" value="true" />
+      <env name="KUBECONFIG" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/webhosting-operator/dev/kind_kubeconfig.yaml" />
     </envs>
     <kind value="PACKAGE" />
     <package value="github.com/timebertt/kubernetes-controller-sharding/webhosting-operator/cmd/webhosting-operator" />
diff --git a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/default/kustomization.yaml b/webhosting-operator/config/policy/default/kustomization.yaml
index b3a9f1db..e609fb24 100644
--- a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/webhosting-operator/config/policy/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 
-resources:
-- websites-experiment.yaml
+resources: []
diff --git a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/default/websites-experiment.yaml b/webhosting-operator/config/policy/default/websites-experiment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ae374736..00000000
--- a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/default/websites-experiment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
-kind: ClusterPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: websites-experiment
-spec:
-  failurePolicy: Fail
-  rules:
-  # don't actually run website pods in load tests
-  # otherwise, we would need an immense amount of compute power for running dummy websites
-  - name: scale-down-websites
-    match:
-      any:
-      - resources:
-          kinds:
-          - Deployment
-          selector:
-            matchLabels:
-              app: website
-          namespaceSelector:
-            matchLabels:
-              generated-by: experiment
-    mutate:
-      patchStrategicMerge:
-        spec:
-          replicas: 0
-  # use fake ingress class to prevent overloading ingress controller (this is not what we want to load test)
-  - name: disable-ingress
-    match:
-      any:
-      - resources:
-          kinds:
-          - Ingress
-          selector:
-            matchLabels:
-              app: website
-          namespaceSelector:
-            matchLabels:
-              generated-by: experiment
-    mutate:
-      patchStrategicMerge:
-        spec:
-          ingressClassName: fake
diff --git a/webhosting-operator/pkg/controllers/webhosting/website_controller.go b/webhosting-operator/pkg/controllers/webhosting/website_controller.go
index 468126ed..f5db6537 100644
--- a/webhosting-operator/pkg/controllers/webhosting/website_controller.go
+++ b/webhosting-operator/pkg/controllers/webhosting/website_controller.go
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@ func (r *WebsiteReconciler) IngressForWebsite(serverName string, website *webhos
 	}}
 
 	applyIngressConfigToIngress(r.Config.Ingress, ingress)
+
+	if isGeneratedByExperiment(website) {
+		// don't actually expose website ingresses in load tests
+		// use fake ingress class to prevent overloading ingress controller (this is not what we want to load test)
+		ingress.Spec.IngressClassName = pointer.String("fake")
+	}
+
 	return ingress, ctrl.SetControllerReference(website, ingress, r.Scheme)
 }
 
@@ -399,6 +406,12 @@ func (r *WebsiteReconciler) DeploymentForWebsite(serverName string, website *web
 		},
 	}
 
+	if isGeneratedByExperiment(website) {
+		// don't actually run website pods in load tests
+		// otherwise, we would need an immense amount of compute power for running dummy websites
+		deployment.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32(0)
+	}
+
 	return deployment, ctrl.SetControllerReference(website, deployment, r.Scheme)
 }
 
@@ -597,3 +610,7 @@ func GetDeploymentCondition(conditions []appsv1.DeploymentCondition, conditionTy
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func isGeneratedByExperiment(obj client.Object) bool {
+	return obj.GetLabels()["generated-by"] == "experiment"
+}