diff --git a/charts/substra-backend/templates/secret-database.yaml b/charts/substra-backend/templates/secret-database.yaml
index 98d40a868..2fe1811ee 100644
--- a/charts/substra-backend/templates/secret-database.yaml
+++ b/charts/substra-backend/templates/secret-database.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-{{- if not .Values.database.auth.secretName }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
-  name: {{ template "substra-backend.database.secretName" . }}
+  name: awesome-db-secret
   labels:
   {{- include "substra.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
 data:
   DATABASE_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.database.auth.password | b64enc | quote }}
   DATABASE_USERNAME: {{ .Values.database.auth.username | b64enc | quote }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/examples/values/backend-org-1.yaml b/examples/values/backend-org-1.yaml
index faec16938..03c41762b 100644
--- a/examples/values/backend-org-1.yaml
+++ b/examples/values/backend-org-1.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ organizationName: MyOrg1
 # set the same creds as in localdev so they're the same everywhere in dev
 database:
   auth:
-    existingSecretName: orchestrator-org-1-server-database
+    existingSecretName: awesome-db-secret
     database: &psql-database backend_default
 
 postgresql: