diff --git a/charts/gitsensor/Chart.yaml b/charts/gitsensor/Chart.yaml
index 362fbfb3..ea6167b0 100644
--- a/charts/gitsensor/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitsensor/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ maintainers:
 - email: prakarsh@devtron.ai
   name: Prakarsh
 name: gitsensor
-version: 0.11.7
+version: 0.11.8
diff --git a/charts/gitsensor/templates/generic.yaml b/charts/gitsensor/templates/generic.yaml
index 6fe2d3f0..b92657e9 100644
--- a/charts/gitsensor/templates/generic.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitsensor/templates/generic.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ spec:
           securityContext:
 {{ toYaml .Values.containerSecurityContext | indent 12 }}
 {{- end }}
+      {{- if  .Values.gitsensor.storage.existingVolume  }}
+      volumes:
+        - name: "git-volume"
+          persistentVolumeClaim: 
+            claimName: {{ .Values.gitsensor.storage.existingVolume }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@ spec:
       affinity:
 {{ toYaml .Values.gitsensor.spec.affinity | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- if not .Values.gitsensor.storage.existingVolume  }}
   volumeClaimTemplates:
     - metadata:
         name: git-volume
@@ -97,4 +104,5 @@ spec:
 {{ if .Values.gitsensor.storage.nodeAffinity }}
         nodeAffinity:
 {{ toYaml .Values.gitsensor.storage.nodeAffinity | indent 10 }}
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/gitsensor/values.yaml b/charts/gitsensor/values.yaml
index 5618afbc..c79a5d28 100644
--- a/charts/gitsensor/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitsensor/values.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ gitsensor:
       #         values:
       #         - us-east-2
   storage:
+    #existingVolume: "git-sensor"
     class: gp2
     requests: 2Gi
     nodeAffinity: {}