diff --git a/nxrm-ha/templates/image-pull-secret.yaml b/nxrm-ha/templates/image-pull-secret.yaml
index ca2d712..9873d11 100644
--- a/nxrm-ha/templates/image-pull-secret.yaml
+++ b/nxrm-ha/templates/image-pull-secret.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.statefulset.imagePullSecrets }}
+{{- if and (.Values.statefulset.imagePullSecrets) (not (kindIs "slice" .Values.statefulset.imagePullSecretst)) }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ metadata:
       {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
 data:
-  .dockerconfigjson: {{ .Values.statefulset.imagePullSecrets.secret }}
+  .dockerconfigjson: {{ required "A valid .Values.statefulset.imagePullSecrets.secret is required!" .Values.statefulset.imagePullSecrets.secret }}
 
 type: kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/nxrm-ha/templates/statefulset.yaml b/nxrm-ha/templates/statefulset.yaml
index cb56f6d..b752ad6 100644
--- a/nxrm-ha/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/nxrm-ha/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -63,9 +63,16 @@ spec:
         {{ toYaml .Values.statefulset.hostAliases | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.statefulset.imagePullSecrets }}
+      {{- if (kindIs "slice" .Values.statefulset.imagePullSecrets) }}
+      {{- with .Values.statefulset.imagePullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{ else }}
       imagePullSecrets:
         - name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-imagepullsecret
       {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: nxrm-app
           image: {{ .Values.statefulset.container.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.statefulset.container.image.tag }}