diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_common/postgres.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_common/postgres.cljc
index 4e59061..98364d5 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_common/postgres.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_common/postgres.cljc
@@ -64,9 +64,14 @@
 
 
 (defn-spec generate-secret map?
-  [config pg-config?
-   auth pg-auth?]
-  (int/generate-secret config auth))
+  ([auth pg-auth?]
+   (let [final-config default-config]
+     (int/generate-secret final-config auth)))
+  ([config pg-config?
+    auth pg-auth?]
+   (let [final-config (merge default-config
+                             config)]
+     (int/generate-secret final-config auth))))
 
 
 (defn-spec generate-service map?
diff --git a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_common/postgres_test.cljc b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_common/postgres_test.cljc
index bd26fa0..90be20b 100644
--- a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_common/postgres_test.cljc
+++ b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_common/postgres_test.cljc
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@
            :resources {:requests {:storage "10Gi"}}}}
          (cut/generate-pvc {}))))
 
+(deftest should-generate-secret
+  (is (= {:apiVersion "v1",
+          :kind "Secret",
+          :metadata {:name "postgres-secret", :namespace "default"},
+          :type "Opaque",
+          :data {:postgres-user "eHgtdXM=", :postgres-password "eHgtcHc="}}
+         (cut/generate-secret {:postgres-db-user "xx-us" :postgres-db-password "xx-pw"}))))
+
 
 (deftest should-generate
   (is (= 6