diff --git a/homeassistant/Chart.yaml b/homeassistant/Chart.yaml
index 5f106a1..c23af60 100644
--- a/homeassistant/Chart.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: homeassistant
 description: A Helm chart to deploy Home Assistant on Kubernetes
 type: application
 
-version: 1.3.1-release-2026-2-3
+version: 1.4.0+up2026.2.3
 
 appVersion: "2026.2.3"
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/templates/homeassistant.pvc.yaml b/homeassistant/templates/homeassistant.pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3633f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/templates/homeassistant.pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Release.Name }}-pvc
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.core.storage.size }}
+  storageClassName: {{ .Values.core.storage.storageClass }}
diff --git a/homeassistant/templates/homeassistant.sfs.yaml b/homeassistant/templates/homeassistant.sfs.yaml
index 2cec62c..1c23d4e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/templates/homeassistant.sfs.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/templates/homeassistant.sfs.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ spec:
         - name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Name }}"
           image: "ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:{{ .Chart.AppVersion }}"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          env:
+            - name: TZ
+              value: "{{ .Values.core.timezone }}"
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: 8123
@@ -30,10 +33,11 @@ spec:
             limits:
               cpu: {{ .Values.resources.limits.cpu }}
               memory: {{ .Values.resources.limits.memory }}
+              ephemeral-storage: {{ .Values.resources.limits.ephemeralStorage }}
             requests:
               cpu: {{ .Values.resources.requests.cpu }}
               memory: {{ .Values.resources.requests.memory }}
-          # TODO: volume mounts
+              ephemeral-storage: {{ .Values.resources.requests.ephemeralStorage }}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /config/configuration.yaml
               subPath: configuration.yaml
@@ -44,7 +48,9 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /config/recorder-config.yaml
               subPath: recorder-config.yaml
               name: recorder-config
-      # TODO: volumes
+            - mountPath: /config
+              name: hass-volume
+              subPath: hass-config
       volumes:
         - name: core-config
           secret:
@@ -64,4 +70,7 @@ spec:
             items:
               - key: recorder-config
                 path: recorder-config.yaml
+        - name: hass-volume
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Release.Name }}-pvc
       # TODO: bind to local nodes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/homeassistant/values.yaml b/homeassistant/values.yaml
index 3055fcf..217fe79 100644
--- a/homeassistant/values.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/values.yaml
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ resources:
    limits:
      cpu: 1
      memory: 1Gi
+     ephemeralStorage: 1Gi
    requests:
      cpu: 0.2
      memory: 512Mi
+     ephemeralStorage: 128Mi
 
 # This is to setup the liveness and readiness probes more information can be found here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/
 livenessProbe:
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
 
+core:
+  timezone: "UTC"
+  storage:
+    size: 5Gi
+    storageClass: "default"
+
 # Must include the following keys:
 # - config
 # - http-config