diff --git a/charts/grafana-cr/templates/grafana.yaml b/charts/grafana-cr/templates/grafana.yaml
index f4813d9..42ddb13 100644
--- a/charts/grafana-cr/templates/grafana.yaml
+++ b/charts/grafana-cr/templates/grafana.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ spec:
       wildcardPolicy: None
   deployment:
     spec:
+      {{- if .Values.persistentVolume.enabled }}
+      strategy:
+        type: Recreate
+      {{- end }}
       template:
         spec:
           volumes:
@@ -32,6 +36,11 @@ spec:
           - name: {{ include "grafana-cr.fullname" . }}-certs
             configMap:
               name: {{ include "grafana-cr.fullname" . }}-certs
+          {{- if .Values.persistentVolume.enabled }}
+          - name: grafana-data
+            persistentVolumeClaim:
+              claimName: {{ include "grafana-cr.fullname" . }}-pvc
+          {{- end }}
           containers:
             - image: 'quay.io/openshift/origin-oauth-proxy:4.21'
               name: grafana-proxy
@@ -74,6 +83,10 @@ spec:
                 - mountPath: /etc/proxy/certs
                   name: {{ include "grafana-cr.fullname" . }}-certs
                   readOnly: false
+                {{- if .Values.persistentVolume.enabled }}
+                - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana
+                  name: grafana-data
+                {{- end }}
             {{ if .Values.sigv4Proxy.enabled }}
             - name: aws-sigv4-proxy
               image: public.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-sigv4-proxy:1.0
@@ -87,6 +100,18 @@ spec:
                 - --port
                 - :8005
             {{ end }}
+  {{- if .Values.persistentVolume.enabled }}
+  persistentVolumeClaim:
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.persistentVolume.accessModes | nindent 8 }}
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: {{ .Values.persistentVolume.size }}
+      {{- if .Values.persistentVolume.storageClassName }}
+      storageClassName: {{ .Values.persistentVolume.storageClassName }}
+      {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
   config:
     auth.anonymous:
       enabled: "True"
@@ -106,6 +131,9 @@ spec:
     log:
       level: {{ .Values.logLevel }}
       mode: console
+    security:
+      admin_user: "{{ .Values.basicAuthUsername }}"
+      admin_password: "{{ .Values.basicAuthPassword }}"
     users:
       auto_assign_org: "True"
       auto_assign_org_role: {{ .Values.oauthProxy.orgRoleAssigned }}
@@ -130,4 +158,4 @@ spec:
         serviceaccounts.openshift.io/oauth-redirectreference.primary: '{"kind":"OAuthRedirectReference","apiVersion":"v1","reference":{"kind":"Route","name":"{{ include "grafana-cr.fullname" . }}-route"}}'
         {{ if .Values.serviceAccountAnnotations }}
         {{ .Values.serviceAccountAnnotations | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
-        {{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+        {{ end }}
diff --git a/charts/grafana-cr/values.yaml b/charts/grafana-cr/values.yaml
index 400fa06..9f52c8d 100644
--- a/charts/grafana-cr/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/grafana-cr/values.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ oauthProxy:
   # If this is set will use the basic Auth credentials from above
   # as a bypass to allow you to manage/modify grafana settings in the GUI
   allowHtpasswd: ""
-  # The Grafa Role to assign to Oauth Users
-  # Viewier, Editor, Admin
+  # The Grafana Role to assign to OAuth Users
+  # Viewer, Editor, Admin
   orgRoleAssigned: Viewer
   cookieSecret: "ZXhhbXBsZS1jb29raWUtc2VjcmV0enp6"
 
@@ -22,3 +22,15 @@ serviceAccountAnnotations: {}
 sigv4Proxy:
   enabled: false
   region: "us-east-2"
+
+# Persistent Volume Configuration
+persistentVolume:
+  # Enable persistent storage for Grafana
+  enabled: true
+  # Size of the persistent volume
+  size: 10Gi
+  # Access modes for the PVC
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  # Optional: Specify a storage class (leave empty for cluster default)
+  # storageClassName: "gp2"