diff --git a/charts/mcp-auth-proxy/templates/mcp-auth-proxy-git.yaml b/charts/mcp-auth-proxy/templates/mcp-auth-proxy-git.yaml
index 2dc63a7..1f7de74 100644
--- a/charts/mcp-auth-proxy/templates/mcp-auth-proxy-git.yaml
+++ b/charts/mcp-auth-proxy/templates/mcp-auth-proxy-git.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
             - http://forgejo-mcp.mcp.svc.cluster.local
           env:
             - name: DATA_PATH
-              value: /tmp/data
+              value: /data
           envFrom:
             - secretRef:
                 name: mcp-auth-proxy-secrets
@@ -34,9 +34,15 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: tmp
               mountPath: /tmp
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: /data
       volumes:
         - name: tmp
           emptyDir: {}
+        - name: data
+          hostPath:
+            path: /var/local/appdata/mcp-auth-proxy
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service