diff --git a/charts/drinkn/templates/mongo.yaml b/charts/drinkn/templates/mongo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fed0b5bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/drinkn/templates/mongo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{{- if .Values.pr.enabled }}
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: mongodb
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  serviceName: mongodb
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: mongodb
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: mongodb
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: mongodb
+          image: mongo:4.4.18
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 27017
+          env:
+            - name: MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef: 
+                  name: drinkn-env
+                  key: DB_USERNAME
+            - name: MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef: 
+                  name: drinkn-env
+                  key: DB_PASSWORD
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: mongo-storage
+              mountPath: /data/db
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+    - metadata:
+        name: mongo-storage
+      spec:
+        storageClassName: ceph-filesystem
+        accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            storage: 1Gi
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: mongodb
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: mongodb
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 27017
+      targetPort: 27017
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/drinkn/templates/secrets.yaml b/charts/drinkn/templates/secrets.yaml
index 3b0b02205..38c1cb055 100644
--- a/charts/drinkn/templates/secrets.yaml
+++ b/charts/drinkn/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -19,5 +19,19 @@ spec:
     JWTSECRET: 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
     MONGODB_URI: 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
 {{- else }}
-# TODO dev secret
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: drinkn-env
+stringData:
+  APPSECRET: test
+  DB_HOST: mongodb.srv.cluster.local
+  DB_NAME: test
+  DB_USERNAME: test
+  DB_PASSWORD: test
+  DEFAULT_USER: test
+  DEFAULT_PASS: test
+  JWTSECRET: test
+  NO_SRV: "true"
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/pils/server.js b/pils/server.js
index ff77f5500..8249acfe5 100644
--- a/pils/server.js
+++ b/pils/server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') require('dotenv').config() // use the .env file for this
 require('./setup')
-const connectionString = `mongodb+srv://${process.env.DB_USERNAME}:${process.env.DB_PASSWORD}@${process.env.DB_HOST}/${process.env.DB_NAME}`
+
+let mongoProtocol
+if (process.env.NO_SRV) {
+  mongoProtocol = 'mongodb'
+} else {
+  mongoProtocol = 'mongodb+srv'
+}
+
+const connectionString = `${mongoProtocol}://${process.env.DB_USERNAME}:${process.env.DB_PASSWORD}@${process.env.DB_HOST}/${process.env.DB_NAME}`
 
 const express = require('express')
 const history = require('connect-history-api-fallback')