diff --git a/manifests/sliceservice.yaml b/manifests/sliceservice.yaml
index 447f6a1c77cc6862db3df3e83b73add3257a5c0d..e5757874b7e241d7c6b0bd050ac2aae47a1610e3 100644
--- a/manifests/sliceservice.yaml
+++ b/manifests/sliceservice.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
           value: "INFO"
+        - name: SLICE_GROUPING
+          value: "ENABLE"
+        envFrom:
+        - secretRef:
+            name: qdb-data
         readinessProbe:
           exec:
             command: ["/bin/grpc_health_probe", "-addr=:4040"]