diff --git a/chart/templates/Deployment.surreal.yaml b/chart/templates/StatefulSet.surreal.yaml
similarity index 79%
rename from chart/templates/Deployment.surreal.yaml
rename to chart/templates/StatefulSet.surreal.yaml
index cec5598..605f7ad 100644
--- a/chart/templates/Deployment.surreal.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/StatefulSet.surreal.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-{{- $host_dev := printf "%s-bu-teammaker.dev.%s" .Values.image.tag .Values.ingress.host -}}
-{{- $host_prod := printf "%s.%s" "bu-teammaker" .Values.ingress.host -}}
-{{- $host := regexMatch "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$" .Values.image.tag | ternary $host_prod $host_dev -}}
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{- template "mychart.name" . -}}-surrealdb"
   labels:
@@ -17,10 +14,6 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{- template "mychart.name" . -}}-surrealdb"
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{- template "mychart.name" . -}}-surrealdb"
     spec:
       securityContext:
         runAsUser: 1000
@@ -66,9 +59,6 @@ spec:
               value: "file:/appdata/bot.db"
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{- template "mychart.name" . -}}-surrealdb"
-              mountPath: /appdata
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /
@@ -80,4 +70,4 @@ spec:
               path: /
               port: http
             initialDelaySeconds: 5
-            periodSeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 10
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