diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/default/linkding/app/externalsecret.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/default/linkding/app/externalsecret.yaml
index b8a8e4d0f..ccf8f65f3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/default/linkding/app/externalsecret.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/default/linkding/app/externalsecret.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ spec:
         POSTGRES_DB: "{{ .LINKDING__DB_DATABASE }}"
         POSTGRES_USER: "{{ .LINKDING__DB_USER }}"
         POSTGRES_PASS: "{{ .LINKDING__DB_PASSWORD }}"
-
+        INIT_POSTGRES_HOST: "{{ .GCP__POSTGRES_DB_APPS_HOST }}"
+        INIT_POSTGRES_SUPER_PASS: "{{ .GCP__POSTGRES_DB_APPS_SUPER_PASS }}"
+        INIT_POSTGRES_USER: "{{ .LINKDING__DB_USER }}"
+        INIT_POSTGRES_PASS: "{{ .LINKDING__DB_PASSWORD }}"
+        INIT_POSTGRES_DBNAME: "{{ .LINKDING__DB_DATABASE }}"
 
   dataFrom:
     - find: