diff --git a/charts/slackwatch/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/slackwatch/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1951c99..05117fc 100644
--- a/charts/slackwatch/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/slackwatch/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: config-volume
               mountPath: /app/config
+          env:
+            {{- range $key, $val := .Values.customEnv }}
+              {{- if $val.fromSecret.enabled }}
+            - name: {{ $key }}
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ $val.fromSecret.secretName }}
+                  key: {{ $val.fromSecret.key }}
+              {{- else }}
+            - name: {{ $key }}
+              value: {{ $val | quote }}
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
       volumes:
         - name: config-volume
           configMap:
diff --git a/charts/slackwatch/values.yaml b/charts/slackwatch/values.yaml
index 65fd649..2b9d781 100644
--- a/charts/slackwatch/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/slackwatch/values.yaml
@@ -49,3 +49,16 @@ config:
       commit_message: "Automated commit by slackwatch"
       commit_email: "slackwatch@yourmail.default"
       # ... other GitOps settings
+
+# Custom environment variables for the Slackwatch application
+#customEnv:
+#  # Example of a direct value environment variable
+#  # EXAMPLE_ENV_VAR: "example_value"
+#
+#  # Environment variables that should be populated from secrets
+#  # Users can comment out or remove if not needed
+#  TEST_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN:
+#    fromSecret:
+#      enabled: true
+#      secretName: "TEST_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN"
+#      key: "tokensupersecret"