diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/templates/rnacentral.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/templates/rnacentral.yaml
index 1d44d91fb..adcde97e7 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/templates/rnacentral.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/templates/rnacentral.yaml
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
           env:
             - name: RNACENTRAL_ENV
-              value: {{ .Values.setEnv }}
+              value: {{ .Values.setEnv | quote }}
             {{- if .Values.allowedHosts }}
             - name: ALLOWED_HOSTS
-              value: {{ .Values.allowedHosts }}
+              value: {{ .Values.allowedHosts | quote }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.djangoDebug }}
             - name: DJANGO_DEBUG
-              value: {{ .Values.djangoDebug }}
+              value: {{ .Values.djangoDebug | quote }}
             {{- end }}
             - name: DOORBELL_API_KEY
               valueFrom:
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/values.fallback.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/values.fallback.yaml
index 74bda08fe..b155054d1 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/values.fallback.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/values.fallback.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ proxy: proxy-hx
 
 # RNAcentral
 rnacentralReplicas: 1
+
+# 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"
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm/values.yaml b/kubernetes/helm/values.yaml
index b97da41c2..93811e108 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm/values.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ sitemaps: "true"
 # Add environment variable
 setEnv: "prod"
 
+# 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
 # Using only 1 because no data is shared between replicas.
 # This link explains a little more: https://github.com/helm/charts/issues/11773