diff --git a/deployment/.gitignore b/deployment/.gitignore
index 14cfa18ed..61e591624 100644
--- a/deployment/.gitignore
+++ b/deployment/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ secrets.yaml
 configmap.yaml
 **/secrets.yaml
 **/configmap.yaml
+**/staging-values.yaml
+**/production-values.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/README.md b/deployment/README.md
index 0615ccf9b..09dcd5f00 100644
--- a/deployment/README.md
+++ b/deployment/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Human-Connection Nitro \| Deployment Configuration
 
-We deploy with [kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/). In order to deploy your own
-network you have to [install kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/)
-and get a kubernetes cluster.
+There are a couple different ways we have tested to deploy an instance of Human Connection, with [kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/) and via [Helm](https://helm.sh/docs/). In order to manage your own
+network, you have to [install kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/), [install Helm](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/) (optional, but the preferred way),
+and set up a kubernetes cluster. Since there are many different options to host your cluster, we won't go into specifics here.
 
 We have tested two different kubernetes providers: [Minikube](./minikube/README.md)
 and [Digital Ocean](./digital-ocean/README.md).
 
-Check out the specific documentation for your provider. After that, learn how 
-to apply the specific kubernetes configuration for [Human Connection](./human-connection/README.md).
+Check out the specific documentation for your provider. After that, choose whether you want to go with the recommended deploy option [Helm](./helm/README.md), or use kubernetes to apply the configuration for [Human Connection](./human-connection/README.md).
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/.helmignore b/deployment/helm/human-connection/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50af03172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/Chart.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..525d5a8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+appVersion: "0.3.1"
+description: A Helm chart for Human Connection
+name: human-connection
+version: 0.1.0
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/README.md b/deployment/helm/human-connection/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..444f9da15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Helm installation of Human Connection
+
+Deploying Human Connection with Helm is very straight forward. All you have to
+do is to change certain parameters, like domain names and API keys, then you
+just install our provided Helm chart to your cluster.
+
+## Configuration
+
+You can customize the network with your configuration by changing the `values.yaml`, all variables will be available as
+environment variables in your deployed kubernetes pods.
+
+Probably you want to change this environment variable to your actual domain:
+
+```bash
+# in folder /deployment/helm
+CLIENT_URI: "https://develop.human-connection.org"
+```
+
+If you want to edit secrets, you have to `base64` encode them. See [kubernetes documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#creating-a-secret-manually). You can also use `helm-secrets`, but we have yet to test it.
+
+```bash
+# example how to base64 a string:
+$ echo -n 'admin' | base64
+YWRtaW4=
+```
+Those secrets get `base64` decoded and are available as environment variables in
+your deployed kubernetes pods.
+
+# https
+If you start with setting up the `https`, when you install the app, it will automatically take care of the certificates for you.
+
+First check that you are using `Helm v3`, this is important since it removes the need for `Tiller`. See, [FAQ](https://helm.sh/docs/faq/#removal-of-tiller)
+
+```bash
+$ helm version
+# output should look similar to this:
+#version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.0.2", GitCommit:"19e47ee3283ae98139d98460de796c1be1e3975f", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.13.5"}
+```
+
+Apply cert-manager CRDs before installing (or it will fail)
+
+```bash
+$ kubectl apply --validate=false -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jetstack/cert-manager/release-0.13.0/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml
+```
+
+Next, create the `cert-manager` namespace
+```bash
+$ kubectl create namespace cert-manager
+```
+Add the `jetstack` repo and update
+
+```bash
+$ helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io
+$ helm repo update
+```
+
+Install cert-manager
+```bash
+$ helm install cert-manager --namespace cert-manager --version v0.13.0 jetstack/cert-manager
+```
+
+# Deploy
+
+Once you are satisfied with the configuration, you can install the app.
+
+```bash
+# in folder /deployment/helm/human-connection
+$ helm install develop ./ --namespace human-connection
+```
+Where `develop` is the release name, in this case develop for our develop server and `human-connection` is the namespace, again customize for your needs. The release name can be anything you want. Just keep in mind that it is used in the templates to prepend the `CLIENT_URI` and other places.
+
+This will set up everything you need for the network, including `deployments`, and their `pods`, `services`, `ingress`, `volumes`(PersitentVolumes), `PersistentVolumeClaims`, and even `ClusterIssuers` for https certificates.
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/cluster-issuers/letsencrypt-prod.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/cluster-issuers/letsencrypt-prod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac11e76b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/cluster-issuers/letsencrypt-prod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1alpha2
+kind: ClusterIssuer
+metadata:
+  name: letsencrypt-prod
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  acme:
+    server: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
+    email: {{ .Values.supportEmail }}
+    privateKeySecretRef:
+      name: letsencrypt-prod
+    solvers:
+    - http01:
+        ingress:
+          class: nginx
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/cluster-issuers/letsencrypt-staging.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/cluster-issuers/letsencrypt-staging.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc9d9fdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/cluster-issuers/letsencrypt-staging.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1alpha2
+kind: ClusterIssuer
+metadata:
+  name: letsencrypt-staging
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  acme:
+    server: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
+    email: {{ .Values.supportEmail }}
+    privateKeySecretRef:
+      name: letsencrypt-staging
+    solvers:
+    - http01:
+        ingress:
+          class: nginx
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-backend.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-backend.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33aa8a0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-backend.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-backend
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  minReadySeconds: 15
+  progressDeadlineSeconds: 60
+  strategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 0
+      maxUnavailable: "100%"
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      human-connection.org/selector: deployment-backend
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      name: deployment-backend
+      annotations:
+        backup.velero.io/backup-volumes: uploads
+      labels:
+        human-connection.org/commit: {{ .Values.commit }}
+        human-connection.org/selector: deployment-backend
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: backend
+        image: "{{ .Values.backendImage }}:{{ .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: {{ .Release.Name }}-configmap
+        - secretRef:
+            name: {{ .Release.Name }}-secrets
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 4000
+          protocol: TCP
+        resources: {}
+        terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log
+        terminationMessagePolicy: File
+        volumeMounts:
+          - mountPath: /nitro-backend/public/uploads
+            name: uploads
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
+      restartPolicy: Always
+      schedulerName: default-scheduler
+      securityContext: {}
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+      volumes:
+      - name: uploads
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: uploads-claim
+status: {}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-mailserver.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-mailserver.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85c587197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-mailserver.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{{- if .Values.developmentMailserverDomain }}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-mailserver
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  minReadySeconds: 15
+  progressDeadlineSeconds: 60
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      human-connection.org/selector: deployment-mailserver
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        human-connection.org/selector: deployment-mailserver
+      name: mailserver
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: mailserver
+        image: djfarrelly/maildev
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+        - containerPort: 25
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: {{ .Release.Name }}-configmap
+        - secretRef:
+            name: {{ .Release.Name }}-secrets
+      restartPolicy: Always
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+status: {}
+{{- end}}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-maintenance.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-maintenance.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b12069f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-maintenance.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-maintenance
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      human-connection.org/selector: deployment-maintenance
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        human-connection.org/commit: {{ .Values.commit }}
+        human-connection.org/selector: deployment-maintenance
+      name: maintenance
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: maintenance
+          env:
+            - name: HOST
+              value: 0.0.0.0
+          image: "{{ .Values.maintenanceImage }}:{{ .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 80
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+      restartPolicy: Always
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-neo4j.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-neo4j.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae244fdce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-neo4j.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-neo4j
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 0
+      maxUnavailable: "100%"
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      human-connection.org/selector: deployment-neo4j
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      name: neo4j
+      annotations:
+        backup.velero.io/backup-volumes: neo4j-data
+      labels:
+        human-connection.org/commit: {{ .Values.commit }}
+        human-connection.org/selector: deployment-neo4j
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: neo4j
+        image: "{{ .Values.neo4jImage }}:{{ .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 7687
+        - containerPort: 7474
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            memory: {{ .Values.neo4jResourceRequestsMemory | default "1G" | quote }}
+          limits:
+            memory: {{ .Values.neo4jResourceLimitsMemory | default "1G" | quote }}
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: {{ .Release.Name }}-configmap
+        volumeMounts:
+          - mountPath: /data/
+            name: neo4j-data
+      volumes:
+      - name: neo4j-data
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: neo4j-data-claim
+      restartPolicy: Always
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-web.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-web.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3314f7ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/deployments/deployment-web.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-webapp
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  minReadySeconds: 15
+  progressDeadlineSeconds: 60
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      human-connection.org/selector: deployment-webapp
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      name: webapp
+      labels:
+        human-connection.org/commit: {{ .Values.commit }}
+        human-connection.org/selector: deployment-webapp
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: webapp
+        image: "{{ .Values.webappImage }}:{{ .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: {{ .Release.Name }}-configmap
+        - secretRef:
+            name: {{ .Release.Name }}-secrets
+        env:
+        - name: HOST
+          value: 0.0.0.0
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 3000
+        resources: {}
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+      restartPolicy: Always
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+status: {}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/ingress/ingress.template.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/ingress/ingress.template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb8dd65be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/ingress/ingress.template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-ingress
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
+    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: {{ .Values.letsencryptIssuer }}
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: 10m
+spec:
+  tls:
+    - hosts:
+      - {{ .Values.domain }}
+      secretName: tls
+  rules:
+    - host: {{ .Values.domain }}
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            backend:
+              serviceName: {{ .Release.Name }}-webapp
+              servicePort: 3000
+{{- if .Values.developmentMailserverDomain }}
+    - host: {{ .Values.developmentMailserverDomain }}
+      http:
+        paths:
+        - path: /
+          backend:
+            serviceName: {{ .Release.Name }}-mailserver
+            servicePort: 80
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/jobs/job-db-migration.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/jobs/job-db-migration.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a924f44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/jobs/job-db-migration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-db-migrations
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": post-upgrade
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "5"
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": hook-succeeded, hook-failed
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      name: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      containers:
+      - name: db-migrations-job
+        image: "{{ .Values.backendImage }}:latest"
+        command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "{{ .Values.dbMigrations }}"]
+        envFrom:
+          - configMapRef:
+              name: {{ .Release.Name }}-configmap
+          - secretRef:
+              name: {{ .Release.Name }}-secrets
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-backend.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-backend.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af23e6910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-backend.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-backend
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: graphql
+      port: 4000
+      targetPort: 4000
+  selector:
+    human-connection.org/selector: deployment-backend
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-mailserver.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-mailserver.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..685becb1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-mailserver.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{{- if .Values.developmentMailserverDomain }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-mailserver
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - name: web
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: 80
+  - name: smtp
+    port: 25
+    targetPort: 25
+  selector:
+    human-connection.org/selector: deployment-mailserver
+{{- end}}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-maintenance.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-maintenance.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d641ca8ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-maintenance.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-maintenance
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: web
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: 80
+  selector:
+    human-connection.org/selector: deployment-maintenance
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-neo4j.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-neo4j.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5c7d5b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-neo4j.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-neo4j
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - name: bolt
+    port: 7687
+    targetPort: 7687
+  - name: web
+    port: 7474
+    targetPort: 7474
+  selector:
+    human-connection.org/selector: deployment-neo4j
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-webapp.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-webapp.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d762c2a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/services/service-webapp.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name:  {{ .Release.Name }}-webapp
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: human-connection
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+    helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: {{ .Release.Name }}-webapp
+      port: 3000
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 3000
+  selector:
+    human-connection.org/selector: deployment-webapp
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/volumes/pvc-neo4j-data.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/volumes/pvc-neo4j-data.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f85d3ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/volumes/pvc-neo4j-data.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: neo4j-data-claim
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.neo4jStorage }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/volumes/pvc-uploads.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/volumes/pvc-uploads.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7eb81135b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/templates/volumes/pvc-uploads.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: uploads-claim
+spec:
+  dataSource:
+    name: uploads-snapshot
+    kind: VolumeSnapshot
+    apiGroup: snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage:  {{ .Values.uploadsStorage }}
+
diff --git a/deployment/helm/human-connection/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/human-connection/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f30704f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/helm/human-connection/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# domain is the user-facing domain.
+domain: develop.human-connection.org
+# commit is the latest github commit deployed.
+commit: 889a7cdd24dda04a139b2b77d626e984d6db6781
+# dbInitialization runs the database initializations in a post-install hook.
+dbInitializion: "yarn prod:migrate init"
+# dbMigrations runs the database migrations in a post-upgrade hook.
+dbMigrations: "yarn prod:migrate up"
+# bakendImage is the docker image for the backend deployment
+backendImage: humanconnection/nitro-backend
+# maintenanceImage is the docker image for the maintenance deployment
+maintenanceImage: humanconnection/maintenance
+# neo4jImage is the docker image for the neo4j deployment
+neo4jImage: humanconnection/neo4j
+# webappImage is the docker image for the webapp deployment
+webappImage: humanconnection/nitro-web
+# image configures pullPolicy related to the docker images
+image:
+  # pullPolicy indicates when, if ever, pods pull a new image from docker hub.
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+# letsencryptIssuer is used by cert-manager to set up certificates with the given provider.
+letsencryptIssuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
+# neo4jConfig changes any default neo4j config/adds it.
+neo4jConfig:
+  # acceptLicenseAgreement is used to agree to the license agreement for neo4j's enterprise edition.
+  acceptLicenseAgreement: \"yes\"
+  # apocImportFileEnabled enables the import of files to neo4j using the plugin apoc 
+  apocImportFileEnabled: \"true\"
+  # dbmsMemoryHeapInitialSize configures initial heap size. By default, it is calculated based on available system resources.(valid units are `k`, `K`, `m`, `M`, `g`, `G`)
+  dbmsMemoryHeapInitialSize: "500M"
+  # dbmsMemoryHeapMaxSize configures maximum heap size. By default it is calculated based on available system resources.(valid units are `k`, `K`, `m`, `M`, `g`, `G`)
+  dbmsMemoryHeapMaxSize: "500M"
+  # dbmsMemoryPagecacheSize configures the amount of memory to use for mapping the store files, in bytes (or 'k', 'm', and 'g')
+  dbmsMemoryPagecacheSize: "490M"
+# neo4jResourceLimitsMemory configures the memory limits available.
+neo4jResourceLimitsMemory: "2G"
+# neo4jResourceLimitsMemory configures the memory available for requests.
+neo4jResourceRequestsMemory: "1G"
+# supportEmail is used for letsencrypt certs.
+supportEmail: "devcom@human-connection.org"
+# smtpHost is the host for the mailserver.
+smtpHost: "mailserver.human-connection.org"
+# smtpPort is the port to be used for the mailserver.
+smtpPort: \"25\"
+# jwtSecret is used to encode/decode a user's JWT for authentication
+jwtSecret: "Yi8mJjdiNzhCRiZmdi9WZA=="
+# privateKeyPassphrase is used for activity pub
+privateKeyPassphrase: "YTdkc2Y3OHNhZGc4N2FkODdzZmFnc2FkZzc4"
+# mapboxToken is used for the Mapbox API, geolocalization.
+mapboxToken: "cGsuZXlKMUlqb2lhSFZ0WVc0dFkyOXVibVZqZEdsdmJpSXNJbUVpT2lKamFqbDBjbkJ1Ykdvd2VUVmxNM1Z3WjJsek5UTnVkM1p0SW4wLktaOEtLOWw3MG9talhiRWtrYkhHc1E="
+uploadsStorage: "25Gi"
+neo4jStorage: "5Gi"
+developmentMailserverDomain: nitro-mailserver.human-connection.org
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/human-connection/deployment-backend.yaml b/deployment/human-connection/deployment-backend.yaml
index 0f75127e5..00aab9ffd 100644
--- a/deployment/human-connection/deployment-backend.yaml
+++ b/deployment/human-connection/deployment-backend.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
             name: human-connection
         image: humanconnection/nitro-backend:latest
         imagePullPolicy: Always
-        name: nitro-backend
+        name: backend
         ports:
         - containerPort: 4000
           protocol: TCP
diff --git a/deployment/volumes/neo4j-data.yaml b/deployment/volumes/neo4j-data.yaml
index 1f453a684..c060750ec 100644
--- a/deployment/volumes/neo4j-data.yaml
+++ b/deployment/volumes/neo4j-data.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
       - ReadWriteOnce
     resources:
       requests:
-        storage: 5Gi
+        storage: {{ .Values.neo4jStorage }}
diff --git a/deployment/volumes/uploads.yaml b/deployment/volumes/uploads.yaml
index 2bd64c9ee..c174bf2cb 100644
--- a/deployment/volumes/uploads.yaml
+++ b/deployment/volumes/uploads.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
       - ReadWriteOnce
     resources:
       requests:
-        storage: 25Gi
+        storage: {{ .Values.uploadsStorage }}
diff --git a/deployment/volumes/volume-snapshots/snapshot.yaml b/deployment/volumes/volume-snapshots/snapshot.yaml
index 3c3487e14..10a22daf5 100644
--- a/deployment/volumes/volume-snapshots/snapshot.yaml
+++ b/deployment/volumes/volume-snapshots/snapshot.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   apiVersion: snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1alpha1
   kind: VolumeSnapshot
   metadata:
-    name: neo4j-data-snapshot
+    name: uploads-snapshot
     namespace: human-connection
   spec:
     source:
-      name: neo4j-data-claim
+      name: uploads-claim
       kind: PersistentVolumeClaim