diff --git a/Chart.yaml b/Chart.yaml
index 2432b4c..287d7f5 100644
--- a/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: gatewayd
 description: Cloud-native database gateway and framework for building data-driven applications, Like API gateways, for databases.
 type: application
 version: 0.1.0
-appVersion: v0.9.6
+appVersion: v0.9.7
 home: https://www.gatewayd.io
 icon: https://github.com/gatewayd-io/docs/blob/main/assets/gatewayd-logotype-light.png
 sources:
diff --git a/files/gatewayd.yaml b/files/gatewayd.yaml
index 881b00b..d8cdf6c 100644
--- a/files/gatewayd.yaml
+++ b/files/gatewayd.yaml
@@ -31,28 +31,31 @@ metrics:
 
 clients:
   default:
-    network: tcp
-    address: psql-postgresql.default.svc.cluster.local:5432
-    tcpKeepAlive: False
-    tcpKeepAlivePeriod: 30s # duration
-    receiveChunkSize: 8192
-    receiveDeadline: 0s # duration, 0ms/0s means no deadline
-    receiveTimeout: 0s # duration, 0ms/0s means no timeout
-    sendDeadline: 0s # duration, 0ms/0s means no deadline
-    dialTimeout: 60s # duration
-    # Retry configuration
-    retries: 3 # 0 means no retry and fail immediately on the first attempt
-    backoff: 1s # duration
-    backoffMultiplier: 2.0 # 0 means no backoff
-    disableBackoffCaps: false
+    writes:
+      network: tcp
+      address: psql-postgresql.default.svc.cluster.local:5432
+      tcpKeepAlive: False
+      tcpKeepAlivePeriod: 30s # duration
+      receiveChunkSize: 8192
+      receiveDeadline: 0s # duration, 0ms/0s means no deadline
+      receiveTimeout: 0s # duration, 0ms/0s means no timeout
+      sendDeadline: 0s # duration, 0ms/0s means no deadline
+      dialTimeout: 60s # duration
+      # Retry configuration
+      retries: 3 # 0 means no retry and fail immediately on the first attempt
+      backoff: 1s # duration
+      backoffMultiplier: 2.0 # 0 means no backoff
+      disableBackoffCaps: false
 
 pools:
   default:
-    size: 10
+    writes:
+      size: 10
 
 proxies:
   default:
-    healthCheckPeriod: 60s # duration
+    writes:
+      healthCheckPeriod: 60s # duration
 
 servers:
   default:
@@ -64,6 +67,18 @@ servers:
     certFile: ""
     keyFile: ""
     handshakeTimeout: 5s # duration
+    loadBalancer:
+      strategy: ROUND_ROBIN # ROUND_ROBIN, RANDOM, WEIGHTED_ROUND_ROBIN
+      consistentHash:
+        useSourceIp: false
+      # Optional configuration for strategies that support rules (e.g., WEIGHTED_ROUND_ROBIN)
+      # loadBalancingRules:
+      #   - condition: "DEFAULT" # Currently, only the "DEFAULT" condition is supported
+      #     distribution:
+      #       - proxyName: "writes"
+      #         weight: 70
+      #       - proxyName: "reads"
+      #         weight: 30
 
 api:
   enabled: True
diff --git a/files/gatewayd_plugins.yaml b/files/gatewayd_plugins.yaml
index 3914af5..5a2eafe 100644
--- a/files/gatewayd_plugins.yaml
+++ b/files/gatewayd_plugins.yaml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ plugins:
       - EXIT_ON_STARTUP_ERROR=False
       - SENTRY_DSN=https://70eb1abcd32e41acbdfc17bc3407a543@o4504550475038720.ingest.sentry.io/4505342961123328
       - CACHE_CHANNEL_BUFFER_SIZE=100
-    checksum: b153242dfb81dcd63b4444118252be5917b8a1b0f0f775c474946224d2a297eb
+    checksum: 7a882a6d82105373feb5d2e428d928efd379c240d994b4167a5799d77af3d938
diff --git a/templates/configmap.yaml b/templates/configmap.yaml
index 28b9037..1bd8598 100644
--- a/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: gatewayd
 data:
-  GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_ADDRESS: {{ .Values.gatewayd.clients.default.address }}
+  GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS: {{ .Values.gatewayd.clients.default.writes.address }}
   GATEWAYD_LOGGERS_DEFAULT_LEVEL: {{ .Values.gatewayd.loggers.default.level }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 308b0a5..6e9ce26 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 gatewayd:
   clients:
     default:
-      address: "psql-postgresql:5432"
+      writes:
+        address: "psql-postgresql:5432"
   loggers:
     default:
       # For production, use info
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ podDisruptionBudget:
   # maxUnavailable: 1
 
 gatewaydPluginsConfig:
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
 
 gatewaydConfig: 
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true