diff --git a/charts/base-cluster/ci/artifacthub-values.yaml b/charts/base-cluster/ci/artifacthub-values.yaml
index 6e49c52ca..10a1211af 100644
--- a/charts/base-cluster/ci/artifacthub-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/base-cluster/ci/artifacthub-values.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ storage:
     enabled: true
 global:
   clusterName: test
+  baseDomain: example.com
   serviceLevelAgreement: None
 monitoring:
   grafana:
diff --git a/charts/base-cluster/ci/deadmansswitch-values.yaml b/charts/base-cluster/ci/deadmansswitch-values.yaml
index 5865bfdbc..b68d6b4ca 100644
--- a/charts/base-cluster/ci/deadmansswitch-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/base-cluster/ci/deadmansswitch-values.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ monitoring:
     enabled: true
     pingKey: PING_KEY
     apiKey: API_KEY
+global:
+  baseDomain: example.com
diff --git a/charts/base-cluster/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/base-cluster/templates/NOTES.txt
index 1e840829a..f4a9b9cbb 100644
--- a/charts/base-cluster/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/charts/base-cluster/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ===
 You can access your grafana instance via
 
-{{- if and .Values.certManager.email .Values.monitoring.grafana.ingress.enabled .Values.global.baseDomain }}
+{{- if and .Values.certManager.email .Values.monitoring.grafana.ingress.enabled }}
 {{- printf "https://%s" (include "base-cluster.grafana.host" $) | nindent 2 }}
 {{- else }}
 {{- printf "$ kubectl -n monitoring port-forward svc/kube-prometheus-stack-grafana 3000:http-web" | nindent 2 }}
diff --git a/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/deadMansSwitch/registration.yaml b/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/deadMansSwitch/registration.yaml
index 42dd92f6c..4c1d97b38 100644
--- a/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/deadMansSwitch/registration.yaml
+++ b/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/deadMansSwitch/registration.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+{{- define "base-cluster.deadMansSwitch.checkName" -}}
+  {{- printf "k8s-cluster-%s-%s" (.Values.global.baseDomain | replace "." "-") .Values.global.clusterName }}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{- if .Values.monitoring.deadMansSwitch.enabled }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ spec:
                 curl --silent --show-error --fail --retry 5 --max-time 30 "https://hc-ping.com/$PING_KEY/$checkName"
               }
 
-              checkName={{- printf "k8s-cluster-%s-%s" (.Values.global.baseDomain | replace "." "-") .Values.global.clusterName | quote }}
+              checkName={{- include "base-cluster.deadMansSwitch.checkName" . | quote }}
               {{- if .Values.monitoring.prometheus.enabled }}
               createCheck "$checkName-monitoring"
               {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/deadMansSwitch/validation.tpl b/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/deadMansSwitch/validation.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51067be6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/deadMansSwitch/validation.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{- if .Values.monitoring.deadMansSwitch.enabled -}}
+  {{- if not .Values.global.baseDomain -}}
+    {{- fail "You need to provide a `.Values.global.baseDomain` when enabling the dead mans switch" -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/kube-prometheus-stack/_alertmanager-config.yaml b/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/kube-prometheus-stack/_alertmanager-config.yaml
index 28394f314..ddd782204 100644
--- a/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/kube-prometheus-stack/_alertmanager-config.yaml
+++ b/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/kube-prometheus-stack/_alertmanager-config.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ config:
     {{- $receivers = set $receivers "healthchecks.io" (dict
           "webhook_configs" (list
             (dict
-              "url" (printf "https://hc-ping.com/%s/k8s-cluster-%s-%s-monitoring" .Values.monitoring.deadMansSwitch.pingKey (.Values.global.baseDomain | replace "." "-") .Values.global.clusterName)
+              "url" (printf "https://hc-ping.com/%s/%s" .Values.monitoring.deadMansSwitch.pingKey (include "base-cluster.deadMansSwitch.checkName" .))
               "send_resolved" false
             )
           )