diff --git a/deployment/sources/service/deployment.yaml b/deployment/sources/service/deployment.yaml
index c339ccf6b561e3cf28300a4d2e61e0d22a086062..b3a9446ed67fc5f389189d78f3d1b14779e4bdf6 100644
--- a/deployment/sources/service/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/sources/service/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           volumeMounts:
             - name: appsettings
-              mountPath: "/run/secrets/"
+              mountPath: "/run/secrets/settings/"
           env:
             - name: ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT
               value: "Production"
diff --git a/deployment/sources/volume-claim.yaml b/deployment/sources/volume-claim.yaml
index 16d1bac970e68317f03d49c83c8aa9ac3aa88c03..4bb73371af6984ab0fe67d724e2f81607911e2eb 100644
--- a/deployment/sources/volume-claim.yaml
+++ b/deployment/sources/volume-claim.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 metadata:
   name: database-pv-claim
+  namespace: status-site
 spec:
   accessModes:
     - ReadWriteOnce
   resources:
     requests:
       storage: 5Gi
+  storageClassName: do-block-storage
 ---
diff --git a/src/daemons/Program.cs b/src/daemons/Program.cs
index 00a8ee0a1c952b863142a925044c58519bedb339..05beeae36c499196224a7519a1ca5ef301a3b9fc 100755
--- a/src/daemons/Program.cs
+++ b/src/daemons/Program.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace StatusMonitor.Daemons
 			var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
 				.AddYamlFile("appsettings.yml", optional: false) // read defaults first
 				.AddYamlFile(
-					$"{(env.IsProduction() ? "/run/secrets/" : "")}appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName.ToLower()}.yml",
+					$"{(env.IsProduction() ? "/run/secrets/settings/" : "")}appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName.ToLower()}.yml",
 					optional: env.IsStaging()
 				) // override with specific settings file
 				.AddJsonFile("version.json", optional: true)
diff --git a/src/web/Startup.cs b/src/web/Startup.cs
index b1035ace9b28c5cec664c21268da78ba07521dc2..edbb450f58d3809c7fe419799914f8171b144e7b 100755
--- a/src/web/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/web/Startup.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace StatusMonitor.Web
 			var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
 				.AddYamlFile("appsettings.yml", optional: false) // read defaults first
 				.AddYamlFile(
-					$"{(env.IsProduction() ? "/run/secrets/" : "")}appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName.ToLower()}.yml",
+					$"{(env.IsProduction() ? "/run/secrets/settings/" : "")}appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName.ToLower()}.yml",
 					optional: env.IsStaging()
 				) // override with specific settings file
 				.AddJsonFile("version.json", optional: true)