diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_jira/backup.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_jira/backup.cljc
index ffc7fa8..5668c0e 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_jira/backup.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_jira/backup.cljc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   (let [{:keys [restic-repository]} my-conf]
     (->
      (yaml/from-string (yaml/load-resource "backup/config.yaml"))
-     (cm/replace-key-value :restic-repository (b64/encode restic-repository)))))
+     (cm/replace-key-value :restic-repository restic-repository))))
 
 (defn generate-cron []
    (yaml/from-string (yaml/load-resource "backup/cron.yaml")))
diff --git a/src/main/resources/backup/config.yaml b/src/main/resources/backup/config.yaml
index 64b775d..01d0edf 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/backup/config.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/backup/config.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: backup
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: jira
-data:
+stringData:
   restic-repository: restic-repository
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_jira/backup_test.cljc b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_jira/backup_test.cljc
index bde26e1..60fb9b5 100644
--- a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_jira/backup_test.cljc
+++ b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_jira/backup_test.cljc
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
           :metadata {:name "backup-config"
                      :labels {:app.kubernetes.io/name "backup"
                               :app.kubernetes.io/part-of "jira"}}
-          :data
-          {:restic-repository "cmVzdGljLXJlcG9zaXRvcnk="}}
-         (cut/generate-config {:restic-repository "restic-repository"}))))
+          :stringData
+          {:restic-repository "s3:restic-repository"}}
+         (cut/generate-config {:restic-repository "s3:restic-repository"}))))
 
 (deftest should-generate-cron
   (is (= {:apiVersion "batch/v1beta1"