diff --git a/helm/cridge/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/cridge/templates/deployment.yaml
index 0353795d55c52108050cc68941e183099492838b..7fef50bf36114f2e7d521066b59457ae4ffd2cf5 100644
--- a/helm/cridge/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/cridge/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ spec:
         org.etsi.osl.service: cridge
         {{- include "openslice.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
     spec:
+      {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - image: "{{ .Values.image.cridge.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.cridge.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.cridge.pullPolicy | default "Always" }}
diff --git a/helm/cridge/values.yaml b/helm/cridge/values.yaml
index 1d87a532db9f2dedef0881fd3a0de007c17f54fb..8f08461fe463b6581f82d7e0933347b422f0f3f0 100644
--- a/helm/cridge/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/cridge/values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Default values for cridge.
 
+# This is for the secrets for pulling an image from a private repository more information can be found here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/pull-image-private-registry/
+imagePullSecrets: []
+
 replicaCount: 1
 
 image: