diff --git a/charts/stable/openvscode-server/Chart.yaml b/charts/stable/openvscode-server/Chart.yaml
index 7c9114a9ff2..a20375a4511 100644
--- a/charts/stable/openvscode-server/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/openvscode-server/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 kubeVersion: ">=1.16.0-0"
 name: openvscode-server
-version: 1.0.11
+version: 1.0.12
 appVersion: "1.66.0"
 description: Openvscode-server provides a version of VS Code that runs a server on a remote machine.
 type: application
diff --git a/charts/stable/openvscode-server/questions.yaml b/charts/stable/openvscode-server/questions.yaml
index f194887bb3a..2a1c53a9eec 100644
--- a/charts/stable/openvscode-server/questions.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/openvscode-server/questions.yaml
@@ -84,13 +84,20 @@ questions:
       attrs:
         - variable: CONNECTION_TOKEN
           label: "CONNECTION_TOKEN"
+          description: "Optional security token for accessing the Web UI (ie. supersecrettoken)."
           schema:
             type: string
             private: true
-            required: true
+            default: ""
+        - variable: CONNECTION_SECRET
+          label: "CONNECTION_SECRET"
+          description: "Optional path to a file inside the container that contains the security token for accessing the Web UI (ie. /path/to/file). Overrides CONNECTION_TOKEN."
+          schema:
+            type: string
             default: ""
         - variable: SUDO_PASSWORD
           label: "SUDO_PASSWORD"
+          description: "If this optional variable is set, user will have sudo access in the openvscode-server terminal with the specified password."
           schema:
             type: string
             private: true
diff --git a/charts/stable/openvscode-server/values.yaml b/charts/stable/openvscode-server/values.yaml
index 8cdeaa2acb1..a7d26d1fe73 100644
--- a/charts/stable/openvscode-server/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/openvscode-server/values.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ image:
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   tag: v1.66.0
 
-portal:
-  path: "/?tkn={{ .Values.secret.CONNECTION_TOKEN }}"
+# portal:
+  # path: "/?tkn={{ .Values.secret.CONNECTION_TOKEN }}"
 
 securityContext:
   runAsNonRoot: false
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ podSecurityContext:
   runAsUser: 0
   runAsGroup: 0
 
-secret:
-  CONNECTION_TOKEN: "somerandomstring"
+secret: {}
+  # CONNECTION_TOKEN: "somerandomstring"
 
 service:
   main: