diff --git a/apps/kimai/db/database.yaml b/apps/kimai/db/database.yaml
index c950fb5..8d4c61f 100644
--- a/apps/kimai/db/database.yaml
+++ b/apps/kimai/db/database.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ metadata:
   namespace: kimai
 spec:
   mariaDbRef:
-    name: mariadb
+    name: mariadb.databases.svc.cluster.local
   name: kimai
diff --git a/apps/kimai/values.yaml b/apps/kimai/values.yaml
index e522a8a..8d996c4 100644
--- a/apps/kimai/values.yaml
+++ b/apps/kimai/values.yaml
@@ -28,19 +28,6 @@ externalDatabase:
 
 mariadb:
   enabled: false
-#  auth:
-#    existingSecret: kimai-db-secret
-#    username: kimai
-#    database: kimai
-#    password:
-#    valueFrom:
-#      secretKeyRef:
-#        name: kimai-db-secret
-#        key: password
-  #primary:
-  #  persistence:
-  #    size: 4Gi
-  #    storageClass: ceph-rbd
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/kustomization.yaml
index 8f5f70c..5054e39 100644
--- a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
 - mariadb.yaml
+- namespace.yaml
diff --git a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/namespace.yaml b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf11790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: databases