diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 5078640..3b733fb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
     
 
   db:
-    image: postgres:13
+    image: postgres:12
     hostname: ${POSTGRES_DB}
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
     volumes:
-      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - pgdata:/home/postgres/pgdata
 
 volumes:
   pgdata:
diff --git a/helm/templates/statefulset.yaml b/helm/templates/statefulset.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d204eb4..0000000
--- a/helm/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: StatefulSet
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-postgresql
-  labels:
-    app: {{ .Release.Name }}-postgresql
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  serviceName: {{ .Release.Name }}-postgresql
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: {{ .Release.Name }}-postgresql
-  securityContext:
-    fsGroup: 1007250000 
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: {{ .Release.Name }}-postgresql
-    spec:
-      containers:
-        - name: postgresql
-          image: "{{ .Values.postgresql.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.postgresql.image.tag }}"
-          securityContext:
-            runAsUser: 1007250000
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.postgresPort }}
-          env:
-            - name: POSTGRES_USER
-              value: {{ .Values.postgresql.username }}
-            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
-              value: {{ .Values.postgresql.password }}
-            - name: POSTGRES_DB
-              value: {{ .Values.postgresql.database }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: data
-              mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
-  volumeClaimTemplates:
-    - metadata:
-        name: data
-      spec:
-        accessModes: {{- toYaml .Values.postgresql.primary.persistence.accessModes | nindent 8  }}
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            storage: {{ .Values.postgresql.primary.persistence.size }}
-        storageClassName: {{ .Values.postgresql.primary.persistence.storageClassName | quote }}
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index 1f1a58e..aab1258 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 replicaCount: 1
 
-image:
-  repository: postgres
-  tag: "13"
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-
 configMapName: template-repo-config
 secretName: template-repo-app-secrets
 
@@ -25,23 +20,23 @@ resources:
     cpu: "250m"
 
 postgresql:
-  enabled: true
-  image:
-    repository: postgres
-    tag: "13"
-  username: postgres
-  password: postgres
-  database: form_templates
-  primary:
-    persistence:
-      enabled: true
-      size: 512Mi
-      accessModes:
-        - ReadWriteOnce
-      storageClassName: netapp-file-standard
+  enabled: false 
+  external:
+    host: template-repo-patroni  
+    port: 5432                 
+    usernameFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: template-repo-patroni
+        key: app-db-username
+    passwordFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: template-repo-patroni
+        key: app-db-password
+    databaseFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: template-repo-patroni
+        key: app-db-name
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
-  postgresPort: 5432
   appPort: 3000
-