diff --git a/todo-backend/package-lock.json b/todo-backend/package-lock.json
index 38751be..eba31ee 100644
--- a/todo-backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/todo-backend/package-lock.json
@@ -2878,9 +2878,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/normalize-url": {
-      "version": "4.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-url/-/normalize-url-4.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2s47yzUxdexf1OhyRi4Em83iQk0aPvwTddtFz4hnSSw9dCEsLEGf6SwIO8ss/19S9iBb5sJaOuTvTGDeZI00BQ==",
+      "version": "4.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-url/-/normalize-url-4.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9UZCFRHQdNrfTpGg8+1INIg93B6zE0aXMVFkw1WFwvO4SlZywU6aLg5Of0Ap/PgcbSw4LNxvMWXMeugwMCX0AA==",
       "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=8"
@@ -6461,9 +6461,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "normalize-url": {
-      "version": "4.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-url/-/normalize-url-4.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2s47yzUxdexf1OhyRi4Em83iQk0aPvwTddtFz4hnSSw9dCEsLEGf6SwIO8ss/19S9iBb5sJaOuTvTGDeZI00BQ==",
+      "version": "4.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-url/-/normalize-url-4.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9UZCFRHQdNrfTpGg8+1INIg93B6zE0aXMVFkw1WFwvO4SlZywU6aLg5Of0Ap/PgcbSw4LNxvMWXMeugwMCX0AA==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "object-assign": {
diff --git a/todo-backend/src/Server.ts b/todo-backend/src/Server.ts
index aa09f5d..c6dd9a1 100644
--- a/todo-backend/src/Server.ts
+++ b/todo-backend/src/Server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import cookieParser from "cookie-parser";
-import express, { Request, Response } from "express";
+import express from "express";
 import "express-async-errors";
 import cors from "cors";
 import { Sequelize } from "sequelize";
@@ -27,17 +27,12 @@ sequelize
     console.error("Unable to connect to the database:", err);
   });
 
+app.get("/", (req, res) => {
+  res.send("OK");
+});
+
 // Add APIs
 app.use("/api", BaseRouter);
 
-// Print API errors
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-app.use((err: Error, req: Request, res: Response) => {
-  console.error(err, true);
-  return res.status(500).json({
-    error: err.message,
-  });
-});
-
 // Export express instance
 export default app;
diff --git a/todo-backend/src/entities/Item.ts b/todo-backend/src/entities/Item.ts
index 0d4b04d..72ef640 100644
--- a/todo-backend/src/entities/Item.ts
+++ b/todo-backend/src/entities/Item.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ export const TodoItem = sequelize.define<TodoItemInstance>(
 );
 
 // (re-)creates table (NOT database)
-if (process.env.DATABASE_INIT === "true") {
-  TodoItem.sync({ force: true });
-}
+// if (process.env.DATABASE_INIT === "true") {
+TodoItem.sync({ force: true });
+// }
 
 export async function createTodoItem(todoItem: TodoItemCreationAttributes) {
   return TodoItem.create(todoItem).then((item) => item.get());
diff --git a/todo-helm/todo-list/Chart.lock b/todo-helm/todo-list/Chart.lock
index 4b40a0c..e93701c 100644
--- a/todo-helm/todo-list/Chart.lock
+++ b/todo-helm/todo-list/Chart.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: mariadb
   repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-  version: 9.3.14
-digest: sha256:d02eb6a8c2a59ec8b2ef307c9d9b8b2154425d50f061d6ce64e891207a25a445
-generated: "2021-06-08T16:17:55.86153-04:00"
+  version: 9.3.11
+digest: sha256:6817cd0c1ea845bfd715d8d1be6d57c4b1422bcc243783955136e61fc4380c8c
+generated: "2021-06-10T14:22:33.263679-04:00"
diff --git a/todo-helm/todo-list/Chart.yaml b/todo-helm/todo-list/Chart.yaml
index 6e8424c..1ebe9e7 100644
--- a/todo-helm/todo-list/Chart.yaml
+++ b/todo-helm/todo-list/Chart.yaml
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ appVersion: "1.16.0"
 
 dependencies:
 - name: mariadb
-  version: 9.3.14
+  version: 9.3.11
   repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
diff --git a/todo-helm/todo-list/templates/deployment.yaml b/todo-helm/todo-list/templates/deployment.yaml
index 7fc6ed8..fb9a688 100644
--- a/todo-helm/todo-list/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/todo-helm/todo-list/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
           ports:
             - name: http
-              containerPort: 80
+              containerPort: 3000
               protocol: TCP
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
diff --git a/todo-helm/todo-list/values.yaml b/todo-helm/todo-list/values.yaml
index 1304008..63dd5bb 100644
--- a/todo-helm/todo-list/values.yaml
+++ b/todo-helm/todo-list/values.yaml
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 replicaCount: 1
 
 image:
-  repository: nginx
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  repository: quay.io/gbianco/todo-backend
+  # pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  pullPolicy: Always
   # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
-  tag: ""
+  tag: latest
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ securityContext: {}
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
-  port: 80
+  port: 3000
 
 ingress:
   enabled: false
@@ -83,9 +84,9 @@ affinity: {}
 
 mariadb:
   auth:
-    username: quotes
-    password: quotespwd
-    database: quotesdb
+    username: todo
+    password: todopwd
+    database: tododb
   primary:
     podSecurityContext:
       enabled: false
@@ -93,11 +94,13 @@ mariadb:
       enabled: false
 
 env:
-  - name: "QUOTES_HOSTNAME"
-    value: "famousapp-mariadb"
-  - name: "QUOTES_DATABASE"
-    value: "quotesdb"
-  - name: "QUOTES_USER"
-    value: "quotes"
-  - name: "QUOTES_PASSWORD"
-    value: "quotespwd"
+  - name: DATABASE_NAME
+    value: tododb
+  - name: DATABASE_USER
+    value: todo
+  - name: DATABASE_PASSWORD
+    value: todopwd
+  - name: DATABASE_SVC
+    value: todo-list-mariadb
+  - name: DATABASE_INIT
+    value: "\"true\""