diff --git a/charts/common/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/common/templates/deployment.yaml
index cb0d58f..3e69277 100644
--- a/charts/common/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/common/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: {{ .Release.Name }}
 spec:
-  replicas: {{ .Values.minReplicas }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.deployment.minReplicas }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: {{ .Release.Name }}
-  {{- with .Values.strategy }}
+  {{- with .Values.deployment.strategy }}
   strategy:
     type: {{ .type }}
     rollingUpdate:
@@ -49,23 +49,35 @@ spec:
               {{- if .Values.deployment.cpuLimit }}
               cpu: "{{ .Values.deployment.cpuLimit }}"
               {{- end }}
-          {{- if or (.Values.variables.nonSecret) (.Values.variables.secret) }}
+          {{- if or (.Values.variables.nonSecret) (.Values.variables.secret) (.Values.secret.existingSecret) }}
           env:
-          {{- if .Values.variables.nonSecret }}
-          {{- range $index, $value := .Values.variables.nonSecret }}
+            {{- if .Values.variables.nonSecret }}
+              {{- range $index, $value := .Values.variables.nonSecret }}
           - name: {{ $index }}
             value: {{ $value | toString | quote }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- if .Values.variables.secret }}
-          {{- range $index, $value := .Values.variables.secret }}
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.variables.secret }}
+              {{- range $index, $value := .Values.variables.secret }}
           - name: {{ $index }}
             valueFrom:
               secretKeyRef:
                 name: {{ $dot.Release.Name }}-{{ $index | lower | replace "_" "-" }}
                 key: secret
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.variables.secret.existingSecret }}
+              {{- range $index, $value := .Values.variables.secret.existingSecret }}
+          - name: {{ $value.envName }}
+            valueFrom:
+              secretKeyRef:
+                name: {{ $value.name }}
+                key: {{ $value.key }}
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
+
           {{- end }}
-          {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.service.enabled }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.startupProbeEnabled }}
           startupProbe:
diff --git a/charts/common/templates/secrets.yaml b/charts/common/templates/secrets.yaml
index 7311db7..06b1140 100644
--- a/charts/common/templates/secrets.yaml
+++ b/charts/common/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{ if .Values.variables.secret }}
 {{- $dot := . }}
-{{- range $index, $value := .Values.variables.secret }}
+{{- range $index, $value := .Values.variables.secret.data }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/common/values.yaml b/charts/common/values.yaml
index a4cfa6d..c24c7ff 100644
--- a/charts/common/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/common/values.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ deployment:
   memoryLimit: null
   cpuLimit: null
   port: *containerPort
+  minReplicas: 1
   strategy:
     type: Replace
     rollingUpdate:
@@ -42,9 +43,18 @@ ingress:
 
 # env variables
 variables:
-  secret: {}
-  # user: "username"
-  # password: "hugepassword"
+  secret:
+    data: {}
+    # user: "username"
+    # password: "hugepassword"
+    existingSecret:
+      - name: "existing-secret"
+        key: "key"
+        envName: "ENV_NAME"
+      - name: another-existing-secret
+        key: key2
+        envName: ENV2_NAME
+
   nonSecret: {}
 #    author: name
 #    app: 1