diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 12fcc6e..6aa5e86 100755
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ harden_os: true
 rc_version: 4.8.1
 
 # WIP to get to 5.0
-mongo_version: 4.4
+mongo_version: 4.2
 
-# WIP to get to 5.0 - if same as mongo_version or false, feature compatibility version will not be set
+# WIP to get to 5.0
 prev_mongo_version: 4.2
 
+# if true set feature compability version to prev_mongo_version
+set_feature_compat_version: true
+
 # backup by default - saves to /home/{{ main_user }}/rocketchat/data/dump/2015-07-09T16:59:26Z" (iso8601 of current date)
 backup_db: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/rocketchat.yml b/tasks/rocketchat.yml
index 063e777..51203f5 100644
--- a/tasks/rocketchat.yml
+++ b/tasks/rocketchat.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   tags: mongodump
 
 - name: Set feature compability version if we are upgrading mongoDB
-  when: prev_mongo_version and prev_mongo_version != mongo_version
+  when: prev_mongo_version and set_feature_compat_version
   community.docker.docker_container_exec:
     container: rocketchat_mongo_1
     command: >