diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index 7aa07e811..5682e106c 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ load('.tilt-support', 'deploy_repo')
 
 operator_controller = {
     'image': 'quay.io/operator-framework/operator-controller',
-    'yaml': 'config/overlays/cert-manager',
+    'yaml': 'config/overlays/tilt-local-dev',
     'binaries': {
         './cmd/operator-controller': 'operator-controller-controller-manager',
     },
diff --git a/config/overlays/tilt-local-dev/kustomization.yaml b/config/overlays/tilt-local-dev/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81bc3ffdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/overlays/tilt-local-dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# kustomization file for secure operator-controller
+# DO NOT ADD A NAMESPACE HERE
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- ../../base
+components:
+- ../../components/tls
+# ca must be last or tls will overwrite the namespaces
+- ../../components/ca
+
+patches:
+ - target:
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: controller-manager
+   path: patches/dev-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/config/overlays/tilt-local-dev/patches/dev-deployment.yaml b/config/overlays/tilt-local-dev/patches/dev-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d7cb9467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/overlays/tilt-local-dev/patches/dev-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# remove livenessProbe and readinessProbe so container doesn't restart during breakpoints
+- op: replace
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/livenessProbe
+  value: null
+- op: replace
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/readinessProbe
+  value: null
+- op: remove
+  # remove --leader-elect so container doesn't restart during breakpoints
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/2
+- op: add
+  path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
+  value: --feature-gates=PreflightPermissions=true