diff --git a/deployment/human-connection/deployment-neo4j.yaml b/deployment/human-connection/deployment-neo4j.yaml
index 297f4b551..593f87d2b 100644
--- a/deployment/human-connection/deployment-neo4j.yaml
+++ b/deployment/human-connection/deployment-neo4j.yaml
@@ -30,17 +30,6 @@
               memory: "1G"
             limits:
               memory: "2G"
-          env:
-          - name: NEO4J_apoc_import_file_enabled
-            value: "true"
-          - name: NEO4J_dbms_memory_pagecache_size
-            value: "490M"
-          - name: NEO4J_dbms_memory_heap_max__size
-            value: "500M"
-          - name: NEO4J_dbms_memory_heap_initial__size
-            value: "500M"
-          - name: NEO4J_dbms_security_procedures_unrestricted
-            value: "algo.*,apoc.*"
           envFrom:
           - configMapRef:
               name: configmap
diff --git a/deployment/human-connection/templates/configmap.template.yaml b/deployment/human-connection/templates/configmap.template.yaml
index 1bd227af0..07c0bb53f 100644
--- a/deployment/human-connection/templates/configmap.template.yaml
+++ b/deployment/human-connection/templates/configmap.template.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
     NEO4J_URI: "bolt://nitro-neo4j.human-connection:7687"
     NEO4J_AUTH: "none"
     CLIENT_URI: "https://nitro-staging.human-connection.org"
+    NEO4J_apoc_import_file_enabled: "true"
+    NEO4J_dbms_memory_pagecache_size: "490M"
+    NEO4J_dbms_memory_heap_max__size: "500M"
+    NEO4J_dbms_memory_heap_initial__size: "500M"
+    NEO4J_dbms_security_procedures_unrestricted: "algo.*,apoc.*"
     SENTRY_DSN_WEBAPP: ""
     SENTRY_DSN_BACKEND: ""
     COMMIT: ""