diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b30fa8ed..4f1cfaed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ __pycache__
 .pytest_cache
 .vscode
 .coverage
-rest_framework
\ No newline at end of file
+rest_framework
+charts/*/charts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/outdated/Chart.lock b/charts/outdated/Chart.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11918969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/outdated/Chart.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+dependencies:
+- name: postgresql
+  repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+  version: 14.0.5
+digest: sha256:f9bfcbfaea579dd2cb446c9ef96a960ea042e22ab47e55405b56fb5e57341a92
+generated: "2024-02-14T09:14:59.288031462+01:00"
diff --git a/charts/outdated/Chart.yaml b/charts/outdated/Chart.yaml
index d7a2944e..e1c217bd 100644
--- a/charts/outdated/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/outdated/Chart.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ version: 0.1.0
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
 appVersion: "1.16.0"
+
+dependencies:
+  - name: postgresql
+    version: ~14.0.5
+    repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+    condition: postgresql.enabled
diff --git a/charts/outdated/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/outdated/templates/configmap.yaml
index 73a8ff76..ac7dd573 100644
--- a/charts/outdated/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/outdated/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "outdated.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 data:
-  OIDC_OP_BASE_ENDPOINT: {{ cat .Values.oidc.host "/realms/" .Values.oidc.realm "/protocol/openid-connect" | replace " " "" }}
+  OIDC_OP_BASE_ENDPOINT: {{ cat .Values.oidc.host "/realms/" .Values.oidc.realm "/protocol/openid-connect" | replace " " "" | quote }}
   ALLOWED_HOSTS: {{ .Values.django.allowedHosts | quote }}
   DEBUG: "false"
-  DATABASE_HOST: "outdated-db.{{ .Release.Namespace }}"
-  POSTGRES_USER: "outdated"
-  POSTGRES_DB: "outdated"
+  {{- if .Values.postgresql.enabled }}
+  DATABASE_HOST: "outdated-postgresql.{{ .Release.Namespace }}"
+  DATABASE_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.postgresql.auth.password }}
+  DATABASE_NAME: {{ .Values.postgresql.auth.database }}
+  DATABASE_USER: {{ .Values.postgresql.auth.username }}
+  {{- end }}
   OIDC_GROUPS_CLAIM: "groups"
+  SECRET_KEY: {{ randAscii 20 | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/outdated/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/outdated/templates/deployment.yaml
index cf1a0b0b..847c704c 100644
--- a/charts/outdated/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/outdated/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ spec:
           envFrom:
             - configMapRef:
                 name: {{ template "outdated.fullname" . }}
-            - secretRef:
             {{- if .Values.existingSecret }}
+            - secretRef:
                 name: {{ .Values.existingSecret }}
-            {{- else}}
-                name: outdated-secrets
             {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
@@ -154,84 +152,4 @@ spec:
       {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-
-
-{{- if .Values.postgresql.enabled }}
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "outdated.fullname" . }}-db
-  labels:
-    {{- include "outdated.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-spec:
-  {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
-  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
-  {{- end }}
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      {{- include "outdated.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
-      annotations:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      labels:
-        {{- include "outdated.labels" . | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- with .Values.podLabels }}
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- end }}
-        app.kubernetes.io/component: db
-    spec:
-      {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
-      imagePullSecrets:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      serviceAccountName: {{ include "outdated.serviceAccountName" . }}
-      securityContext:
-        {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
-      containers:
-        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-db
-          securityContext:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.db.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.db.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.db.image.pullPolicy }}
-          envFrom:
-            - configMapRef:
-                name: {{ template "outdated.fullname" . }}
-            - secretRef:
-            {{- if .Values.existingSecret }}
-                name: {{ .Values.existingSecret }}
-            {{- else}}
-                name: outdated-secrets
-            {{- end }}
-
-          ports:
-            - name: http
-              containerPort: {{ .Values.db.service.port }}
-              protocol: TCP
-          resources:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- with .Values.volumeMounts }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.volumes }}
-      volumes:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
-      nodeSelector:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.affinity }}
-      affinity:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
-      tolerations:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+      {{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/outdated/templates/secret.yaml b/charts/outdated/templates/secret.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 33ffae39..00000000
--- a/charts/outdated/templates/secret.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{{- if not .Values.existingSecret }}
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: outdated-secrets
-type: Opaque
-data:
-  {{- if .Values.postgresql.enabled }}
-  DATABASE_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.postgresql.auth.password | b64enc | quote }}
-  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.postgresql.auth.password | b64enc | quote }}
-  {{- else }}
-  DATABASE_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.password | b64enc | quote }}
-  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.password | b64enc | quote }}
-  {{- end }}
-  SECRET_KEY: {{ randAlphaNum 20 | b64enc | quote }}
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/outdated/templates/service.yaml b/charts/outdated/templates/service.yaml
index d2923c06..49d737c1 100644
--- a/charts/outdated/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/outdated/templates/service.yaml
@@ -34,21 +34,3 @@ spec:
   selector:
     {{- include "outdated.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
     app.kubernetes.io/component: ember
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "outdated.fullname" . }}-db
-  labels:
-    {{- include "outdated.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: db
-spec:
-  type: {{ .Values.db.service.type }}
-  ports:
-    - port: {{ .Values.db.service.port }}
-      targetPort: 5432
-      protocol: TCP
-      name: http
-  selector:
-    {{- include "outdated.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: db
diff --git a/charts/outdated/values.yaml b/charts/outdated/values.yaml
index 03a8427f..27b8ac24 100644
--- a/charts/outdated/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/outdated/values.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 # kubectl create secret generic outdated-secrets \
 #         --namespace app-outdated \
 #         --from-literal=DATABASE_PASSWORD=xyz \
-#         --from-literal=POSTGRES_PASSWORD=xyz \
 #         --from-literal=SECRET_KEY=xyz \
-existingSecret: ~
+
+# for using an external database set DATABASE_HOST and DATABASE_USER
+
+existingSecret: ""
 
 api:
   replicaCount: 1
@@ -28,15 +30,6 @@ ember:
     type: ClusterIP
     port: 80
 
-db:
-  image:
-    repository: postgres
-    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-    tag: "16-alpine"
-  service:
-    type: ClusterIP
-    port: 5432
-
 django:
   allowedHosts: "*"
   debug: "False"
@@ -50,9 +43,8 @@ postgresql:
   enabled: true
   auth:
     username: outdated
-    password: outdated
     database: outdated
-
+    password: outdated
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""
diff --git a/ct.yaml b/ct.yaml
index 21315f92..9e4c988c 100644
--- a/ct.yaml
+++ b/ct.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+---
 target-branch: main
+chart-repos:
+  - bitnami=https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
 charts:
   - charts/outdated