diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-to-environment/action.yaml b/.github/actions/deploy-to-environment/action.yaml
index 0c6bf5c49..cf72c8751 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy-to-environment/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-to-environment/action.yaml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ runs:
         if [[ "${{ inputs.job_name }}" == pr-* ]]; then
           oc process --namespace ${{ inputs.namespace_prefix }}-${{ inputs.namespace_environment }} -f openshift/ess.cm.yaml -p APP_NAME=${{ inputs.acronym }} -p JOB_NAME=${{ inputs.job_name }} -p SOURCE=${{ inputs.job_name }} -o yaml | oc apply --namespace ${{ inputs.namespace_prefix }}-${{ inputs.namespace_environment }} -f -
         else
-          oc process --namespace ${{ inputs.namespace_prefix }}-${{ inputs.namespace_environment }} -f openshift/ess.cm.yaml -p APP_NAME=${{ inputs.acronym }} -p JOB_NAME=${{ inputs.job_name }} -p SOURCE=${{ inputs.acronym }} -o yaml | oc apply --namespace ${{ inputs.namespace_prefix }}-${{ inputs.namespace_environment }} -f -
+          oc process --namespace ${{ inputs.namespace_prefix }}-${{ inputs.namespace_environment }} -f openshift/ess.cm.yaml -p APP_NAME=${{ inputs.acronym }} -p JOB_NAME=${{ inputs.job_name }} --param-file=openshift/ess.${{ inputs.namespace_environment }}.param -o yaml | oc apply --namespace ${{ inputs.namespace_prefix }}-${{ inputs.namespace_environment }} -f -
         fi
 
     - name: Deploy App
diff --git a/event-stream-service/pullConsumer.js b/event-stream-service/pullConsumer.js
index c23984be4..775b0f11e 100644
--- a/event-stream-service/pullConsumer.js
+++ b/event-stream-service/pullConsumer.js
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ globalThis.WebSocket = require("websocket").w3cwebsocket;
 const { connect } = require("nats.ws");
 
 // connection info
-const servers = ["ess-a191b5-dev.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca"]; //["localhost:4222", "localhost:4223", "localhost:4224"];
+let servers = [];
+if (process.env.SERVERS) {
+  servers = process.env.SERVERS.split(",");
+} else {
+  // running locally
+  servers = ["localhost:4222", "localhost:4223", "localhost:4224"];
+}
 
 let nc = undefined; // nats connection
 let js = undefined; // jet stream
@@ -18,8 +24,7 @@ const STREAM_NAME = "CHEFS";
 const FILTER_SUBJECTS = ["PUBLIC.forms.>", "PRIVATE.forms.>"];
 const MAX_MESSAGES = 2;
 const DURABLE_NAME = "pullConsumer";
-const ENCRYPTION_KEY =
-  "ad5520469720325d1694c87511afda28a0432dd974cb77b5b4b9f946a5af6985";
+const ENCRYPTION_KEY = process.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY || undefined;
 
 const printMsg = (m) => {
   // illustrate grabbing the sequence and timestamp from the nats message...
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ const init = async () => {
       console.log(`connect to nats server(s) ${servers} as 'anonymous'...`);
       nc = await connect({
         servers: servers,
+        reconnectTimeWait: 10 * 1000, // 10s
       });
 
       console.log("access jetstream...");
diff --git a/openshift/ess.dev.param b/openshift/ess.dev.param
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d55eeefa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/ess.dev.param
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FEATURE=false
+STREAMNAME=CHEFS
+SOURCE=chefs-dev
+DOMAIN=forms
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openshift/ess.prod.param b/openshift/ess.prod.param
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c7619386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/ess.prod.param
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FEATURE=false
+STREAMNAME=CHEFS
+SOURCE=chefs
+DOMAIN=forms
diff --git a/openshift/ess.test.param b/openshift/ess.test.param
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1874d4f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/ess.test.param
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FEATURE=false
+STREAMNAME=CHEFS
+SOURCE=chefs-test
+DOMAIN=forms
\ No newline at end of file