diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 981c55e..9356fd8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,22 +13,11 @@ cat <<EOF > values.yaml
 replicaCount: 1
 
 deployment:
-  image:
-    repository: quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai  # Example: "docker.io/myapp"
-    tag: latest    
+  image: quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai:latest
   env:
     threads: 4
     context_size: 512
   modelsPath: "/models"
-  download_model:
-    # To use cloud provided (eg AWS) image, provide it like: 1234356789.dkr.ecr.us-REGION-X.amazonaws.com/busybox
-    image: busybox
-  prompt_templates:
-    # To use cloud provided (eg AWS) image, provide it like: 1234356789.dkr.ecr.us-REGION-X.amazonaws.com/busybox
-    image: busybox
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  imagePullSecrets: []
-    # - name: secret-names
 
 resources:
   {}
@@ -61,51 +50,31 @@ models:
   # The list of URLs to download models from
   # Note: the name of the file will be the name of the loaded model
   list:
-  #  - url: "https://gpt4all.io/models/ggml-gpt4all-j.bin"
+    - url: "https://gpt4all.io/models/ggml-gpt4all-j.bin"
       # basicAuth: base64EncodedCredentials
 
-initContainers: []
-# Example:
-# - name: my-init-container
-#   image: my-init-image
-#   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-#   command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo init"]
-#   volumeMounts:
-#     - name: my-volume
-#       mountPath: /path/to/mount
-
-sidecarContainers: []
-# Example:
-# - name: my-sidecar-container
-#   image: my-sidecar-image
-#   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-#   ports:
-#     - containerPort: 1234
-
-# Persistent storage for models and prompt templates.
-# PVC and HostPath are mutually exclusive. If both are enabled,
-# PVC configuration takes precedence. If neither are enabled, ephemeral
-# storage is used.
-persistence:
-  models: 
-    enabled: true
-    annotations: {}
-    storageClass: longhorn
-    accessModes: ReadWriteMany
-    size: 100Gi
-    globalMount: /models
-  images:
-    enabled: true
-    annotations: {}
-    storageClass: longhorn
-    accessModes: ReadWriteMany
-    size: 5Gi
-    globalMount: /tmp/generated/images
+  # Persistent storage for models and prompt templates.
+  # PVC and HostPath are mutually exclusive. If both are enabled,
+  # PVC configuration takes precedence. If neither are enabled, ephemeral
+  # storage is used.
+  persistence:
+    pvc:
+      enabled: false
+      size: 6Gi
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+
+      annotations: {}
+
+      # Optional
+      storageClass: ~
+
+    hostPath:
+      enabled: false
+      path: "/models"
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
-  # If deferring to an internal only load balancer
-  # externalTrafficPolicy: Local
   port: 80
   annotations: {}
   # If using an AWS load balancer, you'll need to override the default 60s load balancer idle timeout
@@ -134,8 +103,6 @@ tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
 
-
-
 ```
 Install the LocalAI chart:
 ```bash
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/Chart.yaml b/charts/local-ai/Chart.yaml
index 766f458..e4e9a6e 100644
--- a/charts/local-ai/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/local-ai/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ appVersion: 1.40
 description: A Helm chart for deploying LocalAI to a Kubernetes cluster
 name: local-ai
 type: application
-version: 3.0.0
+version: 2.1.3
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/templates/_pvc.yaml b/charts/local-ai/templates/_pvc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c468757..0000000
--- a/charts/local-ai/templates/_pvc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{{- define "local-ai.pvc" }}
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .name }}
-  namespace: {{ .namespace | quote }}
-  labels: {{ include "local-ai.labels" .labels | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- with .annotations }}
-  annotations:
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
-spec:
-  {{- with .storageClass }}
-  storageClassName: {{ . }}
-  {{- end }}
-  accessModes:
-    {{- range .accessModes }}
-    - {{ . | quote }}
-    {{- end }}
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      storage: {{ .size | quote }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/local-ai/templates/deployment.yaml
index af33e97..b1d97c0 100644
--- a/charts/local-ai/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/local-ai/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -27,33 +27,11 @@ spec:
         checksum/config-prompt-templates: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap-prompt-templates.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         {{- end }}
     spec:
-      {{- with .Values.deployment.imagePullSecrets }}
+    {{- with .Values.deployment.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
       initContainers:
-        # Additional initContainers from values.yaml
-        {{- range .Values.initContainers }}
-        - name: {{ .name }}
-          image: {{ .image }}
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .imagePullPolicy }}
-          command: {{ .command }}
-          args: {{ .args | default list }}
-          env:
-            {{- toYaml .env | nindent 12 }}
-          resources:
-            {{- toYaml .resources | nindent 12 }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            {{- toYaml .volumeMounts | nindent 12 }}
-            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
-              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
-              - name: {{ $key }}
-                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
-              {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
-          securityContext:
-            {{- toYaml .securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-        {{- end }} 
         {{- if .Values.promptTemplates }}
         - name: prompt-templates
           image: {{ .Values.deployment.prompt_templates.image }}
@@ -65,12 +43,8 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /prompt-templates
               name: prompt-templates
-            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
-              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
-              - name: {{ $key }}
-                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
-              {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
+            - mountPath: /models
+              name: models
         {{- end }}
         - name: download-model
           image: {{ .Values.deployment.download_model.image }}
@@ -81,119 +55,74 @@ spec:
               MODEL_DIR={{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
               FORCE_DOWNLOAD={{ .Values.models.forceDownload }}
               URLS="{{ $urls }}"
-              LOCK_DIR=/tmp/model-download-locks
 
               mkdir -p "$MODEL_DIR"
-              mkdir -p "$LOCK_DIR"
-              mkdir -p "/tmp/generated/images"
-              mkdir -p "/tmp/generated/audio"
-              rm -rf "/models/lost+found"
-
 
+              # Split urls on commas
               echo "$URLS" | awk -F, '{for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) print $i}' | while read -r line; do
                   url=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
                   auth=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}')
-                  full_filename=$(basename "$url" .bin)
-                  short_filename=$(echo "$full_filename" | cut -c1-20)
-                  hash=$(echo "$full_filename" | sha256sum | cut -c1-12)
-                  filename="${short_filename}_${hash}"
-                  lockfile="$LOCK_DIR/$filename.lock"
 
-                  if [ -e "$MODEL_DIR/$filename" ]; then
-                      echo "File $filename already exists. Skipping download."
-                      continue
-                  fi
+                  if [ -n "$url" ]; then
+                      filename=$(basename "$url" .bin)
 
-                  if [ -e "$lockfile" ]; then
-                      echo "Another pod is downloading $filename. Waiting for download to complete."
-                      while [ -e "$lockfile" ]; do sleep 1; done
-                      continue
-                  fi
+                      if [ "$FORCE_DOWNLOAD" = false ] && [ -f "$MODEL_DIR/$filename" ]; then
+                          echo "File $filename already exists. Skipping download."
+                          continue
+                      fi
 
-                  touch "$lockfile"
+                      rm -f "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
 
-                  echo "Downloading $filename"
-                  if [ -n "$auth" ]; then
-                      wget --header "Authorization: Basic $auth" "$url" -O "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
-                  else
-                      wget "$url" -O "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
-                  fi
+                      echo "Downloading $filename"
+
+                      if [ -n "$auth" ]; then
+                          wget --header "Authorization: Basic $auth" "$url" -O "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
+                      else
+                          wget "$url" -O "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
+                      fi
 
-                  if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
-                      echo "Download failed."
-                      rm -f "$lockfile"
-                      exit 1
-                  else
-                      echo "Download completed."
-                      rm -f "$lockfile"
+                      if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
+                          echo "Download failed."
+                      else
+                          echo "Download completed."
+                      fi
                   fi
               done
           volumeMounts:
-            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
-              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
-              - name: {{ $key }}
-                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
-              {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
+          - mountPath: {{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
+            name: models
       containers:
-        # Sidecar containers from values.yaml
-        {{- range .Values.sidecarContainers }}
-        - name: {{ .name }}
-          image: {{ .image }}
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .imagePullPolicy }}
-          command: {{ .command }}
-          args: {{ .args | default list }}
-          env:
-            {{- toYaml .env | nindent 12 }}
-          ports:
-            {{- toYaml .ports | nindent 12 }}
-          resources:
-            {{- toYaml .resources | nindent 12 }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            {{- toYaml .volumeMounts | nindent 12 }}
-            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
-              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
-              - name: {{ $key }}
-                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
-              {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
-          livenessProbe:
-            {{- toYaml .livenessProbe | nindent 12 }}
-          readinessProbe:
-            {{- toYaml .readinessProbe | nindent 12 }}
-          securityContext:
-            {{- toYaml .securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-        {{- end }}
         - name: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.deployment.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.deployment.image.tag }}"
+          image: {{ .Values.deployment.image }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.deployment.pullPolicy }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
           env:
-            {{- range $key, $value := .Values.deployment.env }}
-            - name: {{ $key | upper }}
-              value: {{ quote $value }}
-            {{- end }}
-            - name: MODELS_PATH
-              value: {{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
+          {{- range $key, $value := .Values.deployment.env }}
+          - name: {{ $key | upper }}
+            value: {{ quote $value }}
+          {{- end }}
+          - name: MODELS_PATH
+            value: {{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
           volumeMounts:
-            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
-              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
-              - name: {{ $key }}
-                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
-              {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
+          - mountPath: {{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
+            name: models
       volumes:
-        {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
-          {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
-          - name: {{ $key }}
-            persistentVolumeClaim:
-              claimName: {{ printf "%s-%s" (include "local-ai.fullname" $) $key }}
-          {{- end }}
-        {{- end }}
-        - name: prompt-templates
-          configMap:
-            name: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}-prompt-templates
+      {{- if .Values.models.persistence.pvc.enabled }}
+      - name: models
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}
+      {{- else if .Values.models.persistence.hostPath.enabled }}
+      - name: models
+        hostPath:
+          path: {{ .Values.models.persistence.hostPath.path }}
+      {{- else }}
+      - name: models
+        emptyDir: {}
+      {{- end }}
+      - name: prompt-templates
+        configMap:
+          name: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}-prompt-templates
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/templates/pvc-models.yaml b/charts/local-ai/templates/pvc-models.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dae93af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/local-ai/templates/pvc-models.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{{- if .Values.models.persistence.pvc.enabled }}
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace | quote }}
+  labels: {{ include "local-ai.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.models.persistence.pvc.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  {{- with .Values.models.persistence.pvc.storageClass }}
+  storageClassName: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- range .Values.models.persistence.pvc.accessModes }}
+  accessModes:
+    - {{ . | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.models.persistence.pvc.size | quote }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/templates/pvcs.yaml b/charts/local-ai/templates/pvcs.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 356a63d..0000000
--- a/charts/local-ai/templates/pvcs.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
-  {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
-    {{- include "local-ai.pvc" (dict "name" (printf "%s-%s" (include "local-ai.fullname" $) $key) "namespace" $.Release.Namespace "labels" (include "local-ai.labels" $) "annotations" $pvc.annotations "storageClass" $pvc.storageClass "accessModes" $pvc.accessModes "size" $pvc.size) }}
-  {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/values.yaml b/charts/local-ai/values.yaml
index ed51428..270135c 100644
--- a/charts/local-ai/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/local-ai/values.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 replicaCount: 1
 
 deployment:
-  image:
-    repository: quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai  # Example: "docker.io/myapp"
-    tag: latest    
+  image: quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai:latest
   env:
     threads: 4
     context_size: 512
@@ -52,43 +50,25 @@ models:
   #  - url: "https://gpt4all.io/models/ggml-gpt4all-j.bin"
       # basicAuth: base64EncodedCredentials
 
-initContainers: []
-# Example:
-# - name: my-init-container
-#   image: my-init-image
-#   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-#   command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo init"]
-#   volumeMounts:
-#     - name: my-volume
-#       mountPath: /path/to/mount
-
-sidecarContainers: []
-# Example:
-# - name: my-sidecar-container
-#   image: my-sidecar-image
-#   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-#   ports:
-#     - containerPort: 1234
-
-# Persistent storage for models and prompt templates.
-# PVC and HostPath are mutually exclusive. If both are enabled,
-# PVC configuration takes precedence. If neither are enabled, ephemeral
-# storage is used.
-persistence:
-  models: 
-    enabled: true
-    annotations: {}
-    storageClass: hostPath
-    accessModes: ReadWriteMany
-    size: 10Gi
-    globalMount: /models
-  output:
-    enabled: true
-    annotations: {}
-    storageClass: hostPAth
-    accessModes: ReadWriteMany
-    size: 5Gi
-    globalMount: /tmp/generated
+  # Persistent storage for models and prompt templates.
+  # PVC and HostPath are mutually exclusive. If both are enabled,
+  # PVC configuration takes precedence. If neither are enabled, ephemeral
+  # storage is used.
+  persistence:
+    pvc:
+      enabled: false
+      size: 6Gi
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+
+      annotations: {}
+
+      # Optional
+      storageClass: ~
+
+    hostPath:
+      enabled: false
+      path: "/models"
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
@@ -122,3 +102,6 @@ tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
 
+image:
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+