diff --git a/charts/modjo-microservice/templates/rollout-deployment.yaml b/charts/modjo-microservice/templates/rollout-deployment.yaml
index 3d653e2..7b0f94c 100644
--- a/charts/modjo-microservice/templates/rollout-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/modjo-microservice/templates/rollout-deployment.yaml
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
   template:
     metadata:
+      {{ if .Values.podAnnotations }}
       annotations:
         {{- toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | nindent 8 }}
+      {{ end }}
       labels: {{- include "common.labels.standard" . | nindent 8 }}
     spec:
       imagePullSecrets:
diff --git a/charts/modjo-microservice/values.yaml b/charts/modjo-microservice/values.yaml
index bfad932..bfb42f6 100644
--- a/charts/modjo-microservice/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/modjo-microservice/values.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extraVolumeMounts:
 commonAnnotations: {}
 commonLabels: {}
 
-podAnnotations: {}
+podAnnotations:
 
 service:
   enabled: true