diff --git a/charts/incubator/synapse/templates/_secret.tpl b/charts/incubator/synapse/templates/_secret.tpl
index 73ef5fe976e..57705ad0054 100644
--- a/charts/incubator/synapse/templates/_secret.tpl
+++ b/charts/incubator/synapse/templates/_secret.tpl
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ stringData:
     {{- end }}
 
     {{- if $previous }}
-    {{- $msk = ( index $previous.data "macaroon_secret_key" )  }}
-    {{- else }}
-
+    {{- $msk = ( index $previous.stringData "macaroon_secret_key" )  }}
     {{- end }}
     macaroon_secret_key: {{ $msk }}
 
diff --git a/charts/incubator/synapse/values.yaml b/charts/incubator/synapse/values.yaml
index 2f40457020e..be3c167f9e3 100644
--- a/charts/incubator/synapse/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/incubator/synapse/values.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ installContainers:
       - "synapse.app.homeserver"
       - "--config-path"
       - "/data/homeserver.yaml"
+      - "--config-path"
+      - "/data/secret/secret.yaml"
+      - "--config-path"
+      - "/data/custom.yaml"
       - "--keys-directory"
       - "/data/keys"
       - "--generate-keys"