diff --git a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/lib.rs b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/lib.rs
index b6fd323cfa8..bab9c715947 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ pub mod store {
     pub use fluvio_stream_model::store::*;
 }
 
+
+#[cfg(feature = "use_serde")]
+pub(crate) fn is_false(b: &bool) -> bool { !b }
+
+
+
 #[cfg(feature = "k8")]
 pub use fluvio_stream_model::k8_types;
 
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/partition/k8.rs b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/partition/k8.rs
index d0f505773a0..10b3f660ecd 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/partition/k8.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/partition/k8.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ mod test_spec {
             mirror,
             PartitionMirrorConfig::Home(HomePartitionConfig {
                 remote_cluster: "boat1".to_string(),
-                remote_replica: "boats-0".to_string()
+                remote_replica: "boats-0".to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
             })
         );
     }
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/partition/spec.rs b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/partition/spec.rs
index 6e6d8686bba..0db985ca96d 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/partition/spec.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/partition/spec.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use fluvio_types::SpuId;
 use fluvio_protocol::{Encoder, Decoder};
 
 use crate::topic::{CleanupPolicy, CompressionAlgorithm, Deduplication, TopicSpec, TopicStorageConfig};
+use crate::is_false;
 
 /// Spec for Partition
 /// Each partition has replicas spread among SPU
@@ -163,20 +164,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for PartitionMirrorConfig {
     }
 }
 
-/// Direction for mirror
-#[derive(Decoder, Encoder, Default, Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
-#[cfg_attr(
-    feature = "use_serde",
-    derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize),
-    serde(rename_all = "camelCase")
-)]
-pub enum HomeMirrorDirection {
-    #[default]
-    #[fluvio(tag = 0)]
-    EdgeToHome,
-    #[fluvio(tag = 1)]
-    HomeToEdge,
-}
 
 #[derive(Decoder, Encoder, Default, Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[cfg_attr(
@@ -187,7 +174,8 @@ pub enum HomeMirrorDirection {
 pub struct HomePartitionConfig {
     pub remote_cluster: String,
     pub remote_replica: String,
-    //   pub direction: HomeMirrorDirection
+    // if this is set, home will be mirror instead of 
+    pub source: bool
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for HomePartitionConfig {
@@ -208,6 +196,8 @@ pub struct RemotePartitionConfig {
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "use_serde", serde(default))]
     pub home_spu_id: SpuId,
     pub home_spu_endpoint: String,
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "use_serde", serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "is_false"))]
+    pub target: bool
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for RemotePartitionConfig {
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/topic/k8.rs b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/topic/k8.rs
index ea5ad491d55..9dc0854bc6d 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/topic/k8.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/topic/k8.rs
@@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ mod test_spec {
                 vec![
                     HomePartitionConfig {
                         remote_cluster: "boat1".to_string(),
-                        remote_replica: "boats-0".to_string()
+                        remote_replica: "boats-0".to_string(),
+                        ..Default::default()
                     },
                     HomePartitionConfig {
                         remote_cluster: "boat2".to_string(),
-                        remote_replica: "boats-0".to_string()
+                        remote_replica: "boats-0".to_string(),
+                        ..Default::default()
                     }
                 ]
                 .into()
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/topic/spec.rs b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/topic/spec.rs
index 7462d89d663..e93c28cde87 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/topic/spec.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-controlplane-metadata/src/topic/spec.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ use fluvio_types::SpuId;
 use fluvio_types::{PartitionId, PartitionCount, ReplicationFactor, IgnoreRackAssignment};
 use fluvio_protocol::{Encoder, Decoder};
 
-use crate::partition::{
-    HomeMirrorDirection, HomePartitionConfig, PartitionMirrorConfig, RemotePartitionConfig,
-};
+use crate::partition::{HomePartitionConfig, PartitionMirrorConfig, RemotePartitionConfig};
+use crate::is_false;
 
 use super::deduplication::Deduplication;
 
@@ -659,14 +658,19 @@ impl MirrorConfig {
     derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize),
     serde(rename_all = "camelCase")
 )]
-pub struct HomeMirrorConfig(
+pub struct HomeMirrorConfig {
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "use_serde", serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty"))]
-    Vec<HomePartitionConfig>,
-);
+    pub partitions: Vec<HomePartitionConfig>,
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "use_serde", serde(skip_serializing_if = "is_false"))]
+    pub source: bool, // source of mirror
+}
 
 impl From<Vec<HomePartitionConfig>> for HomeMirrorConfig {
     fn from(partitions: Vec<HomePartitionConfig>) -> Self {
-        Self(partitions)
+        Self {
+            partitions,
+            source: false,
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -674,20 +678,21 @@ impl HomeMirrorConfig {
     /// generate home config from simple mirror cluster list
     /// this uses home topic to generate remote replicas
     pub fn from_simple(topic: &str, remote_clusters: Vec<String>) -> Self {
-        Self(
-            remote_clusters
+        Self {
+            partitions: remote_clusters
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|remote_cluster| HomePartitionConfig {
                     remote_cluster,
                     remote_replica: { ReplicaKey::new(topic, 0_u32).to_string() },
-                    //      direction: HomeMirrorDirection::default()
+                    ..Default::default()
                 })
                 .collect(),
-        )
+            source: false,
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn partition_count(&self) -> PartitionCount {
-        self.0.len() as PartitionCount
+        self.partitions.len() as PartitionCount
     }
 
     pub fn replication_factor(&self) -> Option<ReplicationFactor> {
@@ -695,12 +700,12 @@ impl HomeMirrorConfig {
     }
 
     pub fn partitions(&self) -> &Vec<HomePartitionConfig> {
-        &self.0
+        &self.partitions
     }
 
     pub fn as_partition_maps(&self) -> PartitionMaps {
         let mut maps = vec![];
-        for (partition_id, home_partition) in self.0.iter().enumerate() {
+        for (partition_id, home_partition) in self.partitions.iter().enumerate() {
             maps.push(PartitionMap {
                 id: partition_id as u32,
                 mirror: Some(PartitionMirrorConfig::Home(home_partition.clone())),
@@ -717,7 +722,7 @@ impl HomeMirrorConfig {
 
     /// Add partition to home mirror config
     pub fn add_partition(&mut self, partition: HomePartitionConfig) {
-        self.0.push(partition);
+        self.partitions.push(partition);
     }
 }
 
@@ -738,8 +743,11 @@ pub struct HomeMirrorPartition {
     serde(rename_all = "camelCase")
 )]
 pub struct RemoteMirrorConfig {
+    // source of mirror
     pub home_cluster: String,
     pub home_spus: Vec<SpuMirrorConfig>,
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "use_serde", serde(skip_serializing_if = "is_false"))]
+    pub target: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Decoder, Encoder, Default, Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -777,6 +785,7 @@ impl RemoteMirrorConfig {
                     home_spu_id: home_spu.id,
                     home_cluster: self.home_cluster.clone(),
                     home_spu_endpoint: home_spu.endpoint.clone(),
+                    target: self.target,
                 })),
                 ..Default::default()
             });
@@ -1147,6 +1156,7 @@ mod mirror_test {
                     mirror: Some(PartitionMirrorConfig::Home(HomePartitionConfig {
                         remote_replica: "boats-0".to_string(),
                         remote_cluster: "boat1".to_owned(),
+                        ..Default::default()
                     })),
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
@@ -1155,6 +1165,7 @@ mod mirror_test {
                     mirror: Some(PartitionMirrorConfig::Home(HomePartitionConfig {
                         remote_replica: "boats-0".to_string(),
                         remote_cluster: "boat2".to_string(),
+                        ..Default::default()
                     })),
                     replicas: vec![],
                 },
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/controllers/mirroring/controller.rs b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/controllers/mirroring/controller.rs
index 91e64e1d68f..eb9a6d37027 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/controllers/mirroring/controller.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/controllers/mirroring/controller.rs
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ impl<C: MetadataItem> RemoteMirrorController<C> {
 
     // Sync the mirror topic
     async fn sync_topic(&self, home: &Home, topic: &MirroringSpecWrapper<TopicSpec>) -> Result<()> {
+
+        let remote_spec = match topic.spec.replicas() {
+            ReplicaSpec::Mirror(MirrorConfig::Remote(r)) => r,
+            _ => {
+                return Err(anyhow!("topic {} is not a remote mirror", topic.key));
+            }
+        };
         // Create a new replica spec for the topic
         let new_replica: ReplicaSpec =
             ReplicaSpec::Mirror(MirrorConfig::Remote(RemoteMirrorConfig {
@@ -222,6 +229,7 @@ impl<C: MetadataItem> RemoteMirrorController<C> {
                     1
                 ],
                 home_cluster: home.id.clone(),
+                target: remote_spec.target
             }));
 
         // Check if the topic already exists
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/controllers/topics/policy.rs b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/controllers/topics/policy.rs
index f54b1206a34..644e2b4ff68 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/controllers/topics/policy.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/controllers/topics/policy.rs
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ impl<C: MetadataItem> TopicNextState<C> {
                                             home_spu_key: spu.key.clone(),
                                             home_cluster: src.home_cluster.clone(),
                                             home_spu_endpoint: spu.endpoint.clone(),
+                                            target: src.target
                                         }),
                                     );
                                 }
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/services/public_api/topic/update/add_mirror.rs b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/services/public_api/topic/update/add_mirror.rs
index c70be6e5c6a..0155edf06ea 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/services/public_api/topic/update/add_mirror.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/services/public_api/topic/update/add_mirror.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ pub async fn handle_add_mirror<AC: AuthContext, C: MetadataItem>(
                 let new_home_partition_config = HomePartitionConfig {
                     remote_cluster: request.remote_cluster,
                     remote_replica: { ReplicaKey::new(topic.key(), 0_u32).to_string() },
-                    //direction: home_config.direction.clone(),
+                    source: home_config.source
                 };
                 new_home_config.add_partition(new_home_partition_config);
                 spec.set_replicas(ReplicaSpec::Mirror(MirrorConfig::Home(new_home_config)));
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-spu/src/mirroring/home/connection.rs b/crates/fluvio-spu/src/mirroring/home/connection.rs
index 50b81205c46..e4b1090a71b 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-spu/src/mirroring/home/connection.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-spu/src/mirroring/home/connection.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ impl MirrorHomeHandler {
                                 self.sync_record_from_remote(&mut sink,sync_request.request).await?;
                             }
                             RemoteMirrorRequest::UpdateEdgeOffset(req) => {
-                                remote_update_needed = self.update_from_remote(req)?;
+                               // remote_update_needed = self.update_from_remote(req)?;
+                               todo!()
                             }
                          }
 
@@ -253,7 +254,8 @@ impl MirrorHomeHandler {
     }
 
 
-    /// received new offset from edge, this happens when edge is behind
+    // received new offset from edge, this happens when edge is behind
+    /* 
     #[instrument(skip(req))]
     fn update_from_remote(&self, req: RequestMessage<UpdateEdgeOffsetRequest>) -> Result<bool> {
         let leader_leo = self.leader.leo();
@@ -300,4 +302,5 @@ impl MirrorHomeHandler {
             }
         }
     }
+    */
 }
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-spu/src/mirroring/remote/controller.rs b/crates/fluvio-spu/src/mirroring/remote/controller.rs
index dc4c78ff4c2..1c0f0aac4c3 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-spu/src/mirroring/remote/controller.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-spu/src/mirroring/remote/controller.rs
@@ -263,8 +263,9 @@ where
                                 home_updated_needed = self.update_from_home(req)?;
                             },
                             HomeMirrorRequest::SyncRecords(sync_request)=> {
-                                debug!("received sync request from home");
-                                self.sync_record_from_home(&mut home_sink, sync_request.request).await?;
+                               // debug!("received sync request from home");
+                               // self.sync_record_from_home(&mut home_sink, sync_request.request).await?;
+                               todo!()
                             }
                          }
                         backoff.reset();
diff --git a/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/Chart.yaml b/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/Chart.yaml
index f2fded0aa8a..063e0310c6d 100644
--- a/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/Chart.yaml
+++ b/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: fluvio-sys
 description: A Helm chart for Fluvio
 type: application
-version: 0.9.19
+version: 0.9.20
diff --git a/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/templates/crd_partition.yaml b/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/templates/crd_partition.yaml
index 3b836c97aca..5ce910841ad 100644
--- a/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/templates/crd_partition.yaml
+++ b/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/templates/crd_partition.yaml
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ spec:
                           type: string
                         remoteCluster:
                           type: string
+                        source:
+                          type: bool
                     remote:
                       type: object
                       required: ["homeCluster","homeSpuKey","homeSpuEndpoint","homeSpu"]
                       properties:
+                        target:
+                          type: bool
                         homeCluster:
                           type: string
                         homeSpuKey:
diff --git a/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/templates/crd_topic.yaml b/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/templates/crd_topic.yaml
index c13849c4c74..548c8f63d91 100644
--- a/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/templates/crd_topic.yaml
+++ b/k8-util/helm/fluvio-sys/templates/crd_topic.yaml
@@ -76,10 +76,15 @@ spec:
                                 type: string
                               remoteReplica:
                                 type: string
+                              source:
+                                type: bool
+                              
                         remote:
                           type: object
                           required: ["homeCluster","homeSpus"]
                           properties:
+                            target:
+                              type: bool
                             homeCluster:
                               type: string
                             homeSpus: