diff --git a/helm-charts/stage/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm-charts/stage/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1a3e157..93139f4 100644
--- a/helm-charts/stage/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/stage/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ spec:
           resources:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.volumeMounts }}
+          {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
           volumeMounts:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+            - name: storage
+              mountPath: /data
           {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.volumes }}
+      {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
       volumes:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        - name: storage
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: {{ include "stage.fullname" }}-data
       {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/stage/templates/pvc.yaml b/helm-charts/stage/templates/pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..815128c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm-charts/stage/templates/pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "stage.fullname" . }}-data
+  labels:
+    {{- include "stage.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - {{ .Values.persistence.accessMode | quote }}
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.persistence.size | quote }}
+  {{- if .Values.persistence.storageClass }}
+  storageClassName: {{ .Values.persistence.storageClass }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
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diff --git a/helm-charts/stage/values.yaml b/helm-charts/stage/values.yaml
index f75bb31..ebab249 100644
--- a/helm-charts/stage/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/stage/values.yaml
@@ -64,15 +64,8 @@ resources: {}
   #   cpu: 100m
   #   memory: 128Mi
 
-# Additional volumes on the output Deployment definition.
-volumes: []
-# - name: foo
-#   secret:
-#     secretName: mysecret
-#     optional: false
-
-# Additional volumeMounts on the output Deployment definition.
-volumeMounts: []
-# - name: foo
-#   mountPath: "/etc/foo"
-#   readOnly: true
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+persistence:
+  enabled: false
+  accessMode: ReadWriteMany
+  size: 5Gi
+  # storageClass: "csi-nfs"
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