diff --git a/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml b/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
index 4c93c7e..f190708 100644
--- a/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
+++ b/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ data:
   # try to get the old secret
   # keep in mind, that a dry-run only returns an empty map 
   {{- $old_sec := lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace $secret_name | default dict }}
-#  {{- $old_sec_data := (get $old_sec "data") | default dict }}
+  {{- $old_sec_data := (get $old_sec "data") | default dict }}
 
 #  {{- $jwtSecret := (get $old_sec_data "JWT_SECRET") | default (randAlphaNum 32 | b64enc) }}
   JWT_SECRET: {{ default (randAlphaNum 32) | b64enc }}