diff --git a/charts/superstream/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/superstream/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 7bc2824..a497b4c 100644
--- a/charts/superstream/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/superstream/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -93,4 +93,10 @@ image: {{ $image }}
 {{- if or .pullPolicy .global.image.pullPolicy }}
 imagePullPolicy: {{ .pullPolicy | default .global.image.pullPolicy }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "superstream.podSecurityContext" -}}
+{{- if or .podSecurityContext .global.podSecurityContext -}}
+{{ toYaml (.podSecurityContext | default .global.podSecurityContext) | nindent 4 -}}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/superstream/templates/deployment-data-plane.yaml b/charts/superstream/templates/deployment-data-plane.yaml
index 4cc7df0..a4c45dc 100644
--- a/charts/superstream/templates/deployment-data-plane.yaml
+++ b/charts/superstream/templates/deployment-data-plane.yaml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "superstream.serviceAccountName" . }}
-      securityContext:
-        {{- toYaml .Values.superstreamEngine.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      securityContext: 
+      {{- include "superstream.podSecurityContext" (merge (pick $.Values "global") .Values.superstreamEngine) | nindent 4 }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-data-plane
           {{ include "superstream.image" (merge (pick $.Values "global") .Values.superstreamEngine.image) | nindent 10 }}
diff --git a/charts/superstream/templates/deployment-syslog.yaml b/charts/superstream/templates/deployment-syslog.yaml
index 7ee9b43..7e2cd8c 100644
--- a/charts/superstream/templates/deployment-syslog.yaml
+++ b/charts/superstream/templates/deployment-syslog.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       {{- end }}    
       securityContext:
-        {{- toYaml .Values.syslog.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- include "superstream.podSecurityContext" (merge (pick $.Values "global") .Values.syslog) | nindent 4 }}
       containers:
       - name: syslog-ng
         {{ include "superstream.image" (merge (pick $.Values "global") .Values.syslog.image) | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/superstream/values.yaml b/charts/superstream/values.yaml
index 72b6461..a32225a 100644
--- a/charts/superstream/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/superstream/values.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ global:
 
   # global labels will be applied to all resources deployed by the chart
   labels: {}
+  podSecurityContext: {}
+    # runAsUser: 1000
+    # runAsGroup: 1000
+    # fsGroup: 2000  
   
 ############################################################
 # NATS config
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ superstreamEngine:
     prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
     prometheus.io/port: "7777"
   podSecurityContext: {}
-  # fsGroup: 2000
+    # fsGroup: 2000
 
   securityContext: {}
   # capabilities: