diff --git a/config/nsodev/values.yaml b/config/nsodev/values.yaml
index 3de64e3..eadaf0c 100644
--- a/config/nsodev/values.yaml
+++ b/config/nsodev/values.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ connect:
       ip: "10.3.0.14"
     - name: "dev-elastic-stack-elastic-03"
       ip: "10.3.0.16"
+  health:
+    # connect jwt.secret + user: health-check
+    api_token: "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2IiwiYWxnIjoiZGlyIn0..81defzSkS2nXHBrPLOQOmA.UUg_8LQaxmdFlzgSMKiDEoAkcfuLbbirUSoJR51ts3g.-ZLzCW-pRoVPKIy4q8hlvw"
 
 iam:
   keycloak:
diff --git a/smardigo/templates/connect/deployment.yml b/smardigo/templates/connect/deployment.yml
index f2d4e51..295d293 100644
--- a/smardigo/templates/connect/deployment.yml
+++ b/smardigo/templates/connect/deployment.yml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ spec:
             port: 8081
             httpHeaders:
               - name: Smardigo-User-Token
-                value: "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2IiwiYWxnIjoiZGlyIn0..f7-2FZpCrhmCMWudmhyYMw.IzZf6DZZKZMgTN_2V9NOzBXxPtcjonddXT8NQbhjXX4.sUsrFB5cQlgurrJvsDwtgA"
+                value: {{ .Values.connect.health.api_token | b64enc }}
           initialDelaySeconds: 3
           timeoutSeconds: 1
           periodSeconds: 3
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ spec:
             port: 8081
             httpHeaders:
               - name: Smardigo-User-Token
-                value: "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2IiwiYWxnIjoiZGlyIn0..f7-2FZpCrhmCMWudmhyYMw.IzZf6DZZKZMgTN_2V9NOzBXxPtcjonddXT8NQbhjXX4.sUsrFB5cQlgurrJvsDwtgA"
+                value: {{ .Values.connect.health.api_token | b64enc }}
           initialDelaySeconds: 3
           timeoutSeconds: 1
           periodSeconds: 3
diff --git a/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml b/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/smardigo/values.yaml b/smardigo/values.yaml
index cc2120d..0045b50 100644
--- a/smardigo/values.yaml
+++ b/smardigo/values.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ connect:
       ip: "10.0.0.6"
     - name: "dev-elastic-stack-elastic-03"
       ip: "10.0.0.7"
+  health:
+    # connect jwt.secret + user: health-check
+    api_token: ""
 
 iam:
   image: