diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fa511b6cb4a4b83a1940071e187977c3288831f1..b351c443617cc935f72846123c464c47403c4340 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ build-ippisite:
       --set djangoSecrets.GALAXY_APIKEY=$(echo "$GALAXY_APIKEY_master" | base64)
       --set djangoSecrets.GALAXY_BASE_URL=$(echo "$GALAXY_BASE_URL_master" | base64)
       --set djangoSecrets.GALAXY_COMPOUNDPROPERTIES_WORKFLOWID_master=$(echo "$GALAXY_COMPOUNDPROPERTIES_WORKFLOWID_master" | base64)
+      --values ./chart/values.${NAMESPACE}.yaml
       ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG} ./chart/
   cache:
     key: charts-all-branch
diff --git a/chart/values.ippidb-dev.yaml b/chart/values.ippidb-dev.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ffadca2cab971358e89c1df16efe7e9f4f86dff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart/values.ippidb-dev.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# this file overwrites default settings from values.yaml to fit into the dev namespaces
+django:
+  resources:
+    limits:
+      memory: 1Gi
+      cpu: 1000m
+
+celery:
+  logLevel: debug
+  resources:
+    limits:
+      memory: 3Gi
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diff --git a/chart/values.ippidb-prod.yaml b/chart/values.ippidb-prod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..51d1921010c34400fe40401089469578cc248aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart/values.ippidb-prod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# this file is empty. All prod settings are in values.yaml
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