diff --git a/charts/stable/home-assistant/Chart.yaml b/charts/stable/home-assistant/Chart.yaml
index 05b8e1a50dc..e18770a8006 100644
--- a/charts/stable/home-assistant/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/home-assistant/Chart.yaml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ sources:
 - https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant
 - https://github.com/cdr/code-server
 type: application
-version: 8.1.1
+version: 8.1.2
diff --git a/charts/stable/home-assistant/templates/_configmap.tpl b/charts/stable/home-assistant/templates/_configmap.tpl
index 9ac47c9b2bc..aa18489a31a 100644
--- a/charts/stable/home-assistant/templates/_configmap.tpl
+++ b/charts/stable/home-assistant/templates/_configmap.tpl
@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@ metadata:
 data:
   init.sh: |-
     #!/bin/sh
-    echo "postgresql password: {{ ( printf "%v%v:%v@%v-%v:%v/%v?client_encoding=utf8" "postgresql://" .Values.postgresql.postgresqlUsername .Values.postgresql.Password .Release.Name "postgresql" "5432" .Values.postgresql.postgresqlDatabase  ) | quote }}"
     if test -f "/config/configuration.yaml"; then
       echo "configuration.yaml exists."
       if grep -q recorder: "/config/configuration.yaml"; then
       echo "configuration.yaml already contains recorder"
+      else
+      cat /config/init/recorder.default >> /config/configuration.yaml
       fi
     else
     echo "configuration.yaml does NOT exist."
     cp /config/init/configuration.yaml.default /config/configuration.yaml
+    cat /config/init/recorder.default >> /config/configuration.yaml
     fi
   configuration.yaml.default: |-
     # Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)
@@ -31,8 +33,12 @@ data:
     # automation: !include automations.yaml
     # script: !include scripts.yaml
     # scene: !include scenes.yaml
+  recorder.default: |-
 
     recorder:
+      purge_keep_days: 30
+      commit_interval: 3
       db_url: {{ ( printf "%s?client_encoding=utf8" ( .Values.postgresql.url.complete | trimAll "\"" ) ) | quote }}
 
+
 {{- end -}}