diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/templates/rnacentral.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/templates/rnacentral.yaml
index b54cb4c6f..1d44d91fb 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/templates/rnacentral.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/templates/rnacentral.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: RNACENTRAL_ENV
               value: {{ .Values.setEnv }}
+            {{- if .Values.allowedHosts }}
+            - name: ALLOWED_HOSTS
+              value: {{ .Values.allowedHosts }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.djangoDebug }}
+            - name: DJANGO_DEBUG
+              value: {{ .Values.djangoDebug }}
+            {{- end }}
             - name: DOORBELL_API_KEY
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/values.dev.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/values.dev.yaml
index 86d07264d..43c6035f6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/values.dev.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/values.dev.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ sitemaps: "false"
 # Add environment variable
 setEnv: "dev"
 
+# Allowed hosts (in addition to rnacentral.org domains hardcoded in settings.py)
+allowedHosts: ".caas.ebi.ac.uk"
+
+# Disable SSL redirect so the site is accessible over plain HTTP on NodePort
+djangoDebug: "True"
+
 # Memcached
 memcachedRequestsMemory: "4000Mi"
 memcachedLimitsMemory: "4000Mi"