diff --git a/dev-upgrade/mongo/mongo.yaml b/dev-upgrade/mongo/mongo-dev.yaml
similarity index 51%
rename from dev-upgrade/mongo/mongo.yaml
rename to dev-upgrade/mongo/mongo-dev.yaml
index 98afb0d..5bb90df 100644
--- a/dev-upgrade/mongo/mongo.yaml
+++ b/dev-upgrade/mongo/mongo-dev.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: mongo-dev-0
+  labels:
+    type: local
+spec:
+  storageClassName: local-mongo
+  capacity:
+    storage: 10Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  local:
+    path: /data/dev/mongo
+  nodeAffinity:
+    required:
+      nodeSelectorTerms:
+      - matchExpressions:
+        - key: app.kubernetes.io/name
+          operator: In
+          values:
+          - trainer
+        - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
+          operator: In
+          values:
+          - bfs-k8snode-10-2-0-12.hetzner.base.beaconfireinc.com
+
+---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
@@ -13,19 +43,6 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: mongo
     spec:
-      initContainers:
-        - name: init
-          image: busybox
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          command: 
-          - sh
-          - -c 
-          - |
-            sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time=300
-            sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl=10
-            sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes=3
-          securityContext:
-            privileged: true
       containers:
         - name: mongo
           image: mongo:6.0.6
@@ -40,19 +57,15 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: mongo-data
               mountPath: /data/db
-      volumes:
-      - name: mongo-data
-        hostPath:
-          path: /data/dev/mongo
-      affinity:
-        nodeAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            nodeSelectorTerms:
-              - matchExpressions:
-                - key: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
-                  operator: In
-                  values:
-                  - bfs-k8snode-10-2-0-12.hetzner.base.beaconfireinc.com
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: mongo-data
+    spec:
+      accessModes: ['ReadWriteOnce']
+      storageClassName: local-mongo
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 5Gi
 
 ---
 apiVersion: v1