diff --git a/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml b/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
index 4a57d74..4971003 100644
--- a/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
+++ b/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-# store the secret-name as variable
-{{- $secret_name := "connect-secrets" -}}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
-  name: "{{ $secret_name }}"
+  name: "connect-secrets"
   annotations:
     "helm.sh/resource-policy": "keep"
 data:
   # try to get the old secrets
   # keep in mind, that a dry-run only returns an empty map
-  {{- $previous := lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace $secret_name }}
+  {{- $previous := lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace "connect-secrets" }}
 
   # check, if a secret is already set
   {{- if or (not $previous) (not $previous.data) }}