diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/Chart.yaml b/charts/pixelfed/Chart.yaml
index 0766514..e6aca1c 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.14.3
+version: 0.14.4
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed.
 # renovate:image=ghcr.io/mattlqx/docker-pixelfed
diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/README.md b/charts/pixelfed/README.md
index 020b49e..5a9bb88 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/README.md
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pixelfed
 
-![Version: 0.14.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.14.3-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: v0.12.4-nginx](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-v0.12.4--nginx-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.14.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.14.4-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: v0.12.4-nginx](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-v0.12.4--nginx-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for deploying Pixelfed on Kubernetes
 
diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_mail.yaml b/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_mail.yaml
index d91618e..fe329dc 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_mail.yaml
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/templates/secret_mail.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {{- if not .Values.pixelfed.mail.existingSecret }}
+{{- $username := .Values.pixelfed.mail.username | required ".Values.pixelfed.mail.username is required" }}
+{{- $password := .Values.pixelfed.mail.password | required ".Values.pixelfed.mail.password is required" }}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
@@ -8,9 +10,9 @@ data:
   host: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.host | b64enc }}
   port: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.port | quote | b64enc}}
   {{- if .Values.pixelfed.mail.username }}
-  username: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.username | b64enc }}
+  username: {{ $username | b64enc }}
   {{- end }}
   {{- if .Values.pixelfed.mail.password }}
-  password: {{ .Values.pixelfed.mail.password | b64enc }}
+  password: {{ $password | b64enc }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/pixelfed/values.yaml b/charts/pixelfed/values.yaml
index 546c406..a915d03 100644
--- a/charts/pixelfed/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/pixelfed/values.yaml
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ valkey:
   # default: nano
   resourcesPreset: "small"
 
-
 postgresql:
   # -- enable the bundled [postgresql sub chart from Bitnami](https://github.com/bitnami/charts/blob/main/bitnami/postgresql/README.md#parameters).
   # Must set to true if externalDatabase.enabled=false
@@ -270,6 +269,10 @@ postgresql:
   global:
     storageClass: ""
 
+  volumePermissions:
+    # -- If you get "mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/bitnami/postgresql/data’: Permission denied"
+    # error, set these (This often happens on setups like minikube)
+    enabled: false
 
 # -- PHP Configuration files
 # Will be injected in /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d