diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce6fc86..2475817 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-![Version: 1.2.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.2.1-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.2.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.2.2-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 # Helm Chart for Geonode
 
diff --git a/charts/geonode/Chart.yaml b/charts/geonode/Chart.yaml
index 5c0643c..80d3efa 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: geonode-k8s
-version: 1.2.1
+version: 1.2.2
 description: "Helm Chart for Geonode. Supported versions: Geonode: 4.3.0, Geoserver: 2.24.3-v1, pyCSW: 2.6.1"
 keywords:
   - geonode
diff --git a/charts/geonode/README.md b/charts/geonode/README.md
index 578099e..43acc04 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/README.md
+++ b/charts/geonode/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # geonode-k8s
 
-![Version: 1.2.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.2.1-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.2.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.2.2-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 Helm Chart for Geonode. Supported versions: Geonode: 4.3.0, Geoserver: 2.24.3-v1, pyCSW: 2.6.1
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Helm Chart for Geonode. Supported versions: Geonode: 4.3.0, Geoserver: 2.24.3-v1
 | geonode.general.externalScheme | string | `"http"` | external ingress schema. If set to 'https', make sure to configure TLS either by configuring tls certificate or using cert-manager. Available options: (http|https) |
 | geonode.general.force_reinit | bool | `true` | set force reinit true so that changing passwords etc. in Values.yaml will take effect after restarting the pod this on the other hand will increase pod initializing time, only change if you know what you are doing |
 | geonode.general.freetext_keywords_readonly | bool | `false` | FREETEXT_KEYWORDS_READONLY Make Free-Text Keywords writable from users. Or read-only when set to False. |
+| geonode.general.geonode_project | string | `"geonode"` | the name of the geonode project used (keep geonode for base image) |
 | geonode.general.max_document_size | int | `10` | max upload document size in MB |
 | geonode.general.ogc_request_backoff_factor | float | `0.3` | OGC_REQUEST_BACKOFF_FACTOR |
 | geonode.general.ogc_request_max_retries | int | `1` | OGC_REQUEST_MAX_RETRIES |
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ Helm Chart for Geonode. Supported versions: Geonode: 4.3.0, Geoserver: 2.24.3-v1
 | geonode.version | string | `"4.3.0"` | geonode version, used for some distinguassion between version of GeoNode |
 | geonodeFixtures | map of fixture files | `{"somefixture.json":"[\n  {\n    \"pk\": 0,\n    \"model\": \"myapp.sample\"\n    \"description\": \"nice little content\"\n  }\n]\n"}` | Fixture files which shall be made available under /usr/src/geonode/geonode/fixtures (refer to https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/initial-data/) |
 | geoserver.container_name | string | `"geoserver"` | geoserver container name |
+| geoserver.extraConfigMap | string | `""` | additional elements to include in the config map provided to GeoServer |
+| geoserver.extraPodEnv | string | `""` | Define this for extra GeoServer environment variables Format: extraPodEnv: |   - name: KEY_1     value: "VALUE_1"   - name: KEY_2     value: "VALUE_2" |
 | geoserver.force_reinit | bool | `true` | set force reinit true so that changing passwords etc. in Values.yaml will take effect after restarting the pod this on the other hand will increase pod initializing time, only change if you know what you are doing |
 | geoserver.image.name | string | `"geonode/geoserver"` | geoserver image docker image (default in zalf namespace because geonode one was not up to date) |
 | geoserver.image.tag | string | `"2.24.3-v1"` | geoserver docker image tag |
@@ -160,6 +163,7 @@ Helm Chart for Geonode. Supported versions: Geonode: 4.3.0, Geoserver: 2.24.3-v1
 | geoserver.secret.admin_password | string | `"geoserver"` | geoserver admin password, respect admin_factory_password, if you gonna change the password from not factory password |
 | geoserver.secret.admin_username | string | `"admin"` | geoserver admin username |
 | geoserver.secret.existingSecretName | string | `""` | name of an existing Secret to use. Set, if you want to separately maintain the Secret. |
+| geoserver.secret.extraSecrets | string | `""` | additional elements to include in the secret provided to GeoServer, if not using an existing secret |
 | geoserver_data.container_name | string | `"geoserver-data-dir"` |  |
 | geoserver_data.image.name | string | `"geonode/geoserver_data"` | geoserver image docker image (default in zalf namespace because geonode one was not up to date) |
 | geoserver_data.image.tag | string | `"2.23.3-v1"` | geoserver docker image tag |
@@ -236,4 +240,4 @@ Helm Chart for Geonode. Supported versions: Geonode: 4.3.0, Geoserver: 2.24.3-v1
 | rabbitmq.requests.memory | string | `"1Gi"` | requested memory as in resource.requests.memory (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/) |
 
 ----------------------------------------------
-Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.14.2](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.14.2)
+Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.13.1](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.13.1)
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/geonode/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 0a7c316..f01961d 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -138,3 +138,27 @@ amqp://{{ .Values.rabbitmq.auth.username }}:{{ .Values.rabbitmq.auth.password }}
 {{- define "boolean2str" -}}
 {{ . | ternary "True" "False" }}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "settings_module" -}}
+{{- if (not .Values.geonode.general.settings_module) -}}
+{{ .Values.geonode.general.geonode_project }}.settings
+{{- else -}}
+{{ .Values.geonode.general.settings_module }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "geonode_root_path" -}}
+/usr/src/{{ .Values.geonode.general.geonode_project }}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "geonode_path" -}}
+/usr/src/{{ .Values.geonode.general.geonode_project }}/{{ .Values.geonode.general.geonode_project }}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "initial_data_path" -}}
+{{- if (eq .Values.geonode.general.geonode_project "geonode") -}}
+geonode/base/fixtures/initial_data.json
+{{- else -}}
+initial_data.json
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-deploy.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-deploy.yaml
index 59bbe23..6eebc67 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-deploy.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-deploy.yaml
@@ -71,17 +71,18 @@ spec:
           cd /usr/src/geonode/
           {{ end }}
 
+          cd {{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/
           # Add config overrides
-          cat /usr/src/geonode/geonode/geonode-k8s-settings.py >> /usr/src/geonode/geonode/settings.py
-          cat /usr/src/geonode/geonode/geonode-k8s-settings-additions.py >> /usr/src/geonode/geonode/settings.py
+          cat /usr/src/geonode/geonode/geonode-k8s-settings.py >> {{ include "geonode_path" .}}/settings.py
+          cat /usr/src/geonode/geonode/geonode-k8s-settings-additions.py >> {{ include "geonode_path" .}}/settings.py
 
           # Setup
-          touch /usr/src/geonode/invoke.log
-          dockerize -stdout /usr/src/geonode/invoke.log /usr/src/geonode/entrypoint.sh
+          touch {{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/invoke.log
+          dockerize -stdout {{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/invoke.log {{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/entrypoint.sh
 
           # Run web server
           touch /var/log/geonode.log
-          dockerize -stdout /var/log/geonode.log /usr/local/bin/uwsgi --ini /usr/src/geonode/uwsgi.ini
+          dockerize -stdout /var/log/geonode.log /usr/local/bin/uwsgi --ini {{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/uwsgi.ini
 
         ports:
         - name: http
@@ -133,14 +134,14 @@ spec:
         - name: cache-volume
           mountPath: /tmp
         - name: tasks-py
-          mountPath: "/usr/src/geonode/tasks.py"
+          mountPath: "{{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/tasks.py"
           subPath: tasks.py
           readOnly: true
         - name: entrypoint-sh
-          mountPath: "/usr/src/geonode/entrypoint.sh"
+          mountPath: "{{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/entrypoint.sh"
           subPath: entrypoint.sh
         - name: uwsgi-ini
-          mountPath: "/usr/src/geonode/uwsgi.ini"
+          mountPath: "{{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/uwsgi.ini"
           subPath: uwsgi.ini
           readOnly: true
         - name: geonode-k8s-settings-py
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ spec:
           readOnly: true
         {{ if .Values.geonodeFixtures }}
         - name: geonode-fixtures
-          mountPath: "/usr/src/geonode/geonode/fixtures"
+          mountPath: "{{ include "geonode_path" .}}/fixtures"
           readOnly: true
         {{ end }}
 
@@ -199,16 +200,18 @@ spec:
           cd /usr/src/geonode/
           {{ end }}
 
+          cd {{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/
+
           {{ if .Values.geonode.sentry.enabled }}
           pip install sentry-sdk
           {{ end }}
 
           # Add config overrides
-          cat /usr/src/geonode/geonode/geonode-k8s-settings.py >> /usr/src/geonode/geonode/settings.py
-          cat /usr/src/geonode/geonode/geonode-k8s-settings-additions.py >> /usr/src/geonode/geonode/settings.py
+          cat /usr/src/geonode/geonode/geonode-k8s-settings.py >> {{ include "geonode_path" .}}/settings.py
+          cat /usr/src/geonode/geonode/geonode-k8s-settings-additions.py >> {{ include "geonode_path" .}}/settings.py
           # Setup
           touch /var/log/celery.log
-          dockerize -stdout /var/log/celery.log /usr/src/geonode/entrypoint.sh celery-cmd
+          dockerize -stdout /var/log/celery.log {{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/entrypoint.sh celery-cmd
 
         envFrom:
         - configMapRef:
@@ -260,10 +263,10 @@ spec:
         - name: cache-volume
           mountPath: /tmp
         - name: entrypoint-sh
-          mountPath: "/usr/src/geonode/entrypoint.sh"
+          mountPath: "{{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/entrypoint.sh"
           subPath: entrypoint.sh
         - name: tasks-py
-          mountPath: "/usr/src/geonode/tasks.py"
+          mountPath: "{{ include "geonode_root_path" .}}/tasks.py"
           subPath: tasks.py
           readOnly: true
         - name: geonode-k8s-settings-py
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ spec:
           readOnly: true
         {{ if .Values.geonodeFixtures }}
         - name: geonode-fixtures
-          mountPath: "/usr/src/geonode/geonode/fixtures"
+          mountPath: "{{ include "geonode_path" .}}/fixtures"
           readOnly: true
         {{ end }}
 
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-entrypoint-sh-conf.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-entrypoint-sh-conf.yaml
index c54575d..94b47ec 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-entrypoint-sh-conf.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-entrypoint-sh-conf.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ data:
         then
             /usr/local/bin/invoke $@
         else
-            /usr/local/bin/invoke $@ > /usr/src/geonode/invoke.log 2>&1
+            /usr/local/bin/invoke $@ > {{ include "geonode_root_path" . }}/invoke.log 2>&1
         fi
         echo "$@ tasks done"
     }
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-env.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-env.yaml
index b88846f..c9d19fc 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-env.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-env.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ data:
 
   # General settings
   FREETEXT_KEYWORDS_READONLY: {{ include "boolean2str" .Values.geonode.general.freetext_keywords_readonly | quote }}
-  FIXTURE_DIRS: "[ '/usr/src/geonode/geonode/fixtures' ]"
+  FIXTURE_DIRS: "[ '{{ include "geonode_path" .}}/fixtures' ]"
   # PUBLISHING
   RESOURCE_PUBLISHING: {{ include "boolean2str" .Values.geonode.general.publishing.resource_publishing_by_staff | quote }}
   ADMIN_MODERATE_UPLOADS: {{ include "boolean2str" .Values.geonode.general.publishing.admin_moderate_uploads | quote }}
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ data:
   CATALOGUE_ENGINE: geonode.catalogue.backends.pycsw_local
   {{ end}}
 
-  DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: {{ .Values.geonode.general.settings_module }}
+  DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: {{ include "settings_module" . }}
   DEFAULT_BACKEND_DATASTORE: datastore
   DEFAULT_BACKEND_UPLOADER: geonode.importer
 
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-tasks-py-conf.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-tasks-py-conf.yaml
index 760ba45..358c7d4 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-tasks-py-conf.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-tasks-py-conf.yaml
@@ -353,7 +353,12 @@ data:
             pty=True,
         )
         ctx.run(
-            f"python manage.py loaddata geonode/base/fixtures/initial_data.json \
+            f"python manage.py loaddata /tmp/default_site.json \
+    --settings={_localsettings()}",
+            pty=True,
+        )
+        ctx.run(
+            f"python manage.py loaddata {{ include "initial_data_path" . }} \
     --settings={_localsettings()}",
             pty=True,
         )
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-uwsgi-ini-conf.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-uwsgi-ini-conf.yaml
index d0994b7..0945214 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-uwsgi-ini-conf.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-uwsgi-ini-conf.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ data:
     http-socket = 0.0.0.0:8001
     # pidfile = /tmp/geonode.pid
 
-    chdir = /usr/src/geonode/
-    module = geonode.wsgi:application
+    chdir = {{ include "geonode_root_path" . }}/
+    module = {{ .Values.geonode.general.geonode_project }}.wsgi:application
 
     strict = false
     master = true
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ data:
     # path to where uwsgi logs will be saved
     logto = /var/log/geonode.log
 
-    touch-reload = /usr/src/geonode/geonode/wsgi.py
+    touch-reload = {{ include "geonode_path" . }}/wsgi.py
     buffer-size = {{ .Values.geonode.uwsgi.buffer_size }}
 
     harakiri = {{ .Values.geonode.uwsgi.harakiri }}
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ data:
     cheaper-busyness-backlog-step = {{ .Values.geonode.uwsgi.cheaper_busyness_backlog_step }}
 
     # daemonize = /var/log/uwsgi/geonode.log
-    # cron = -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/src/geonode/manage.py collect_metrics -n
+    # cron = -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 /usr/local/bin/python {{ include "geonode_root_path" . }}/manage.py collect_metrics -n
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-deploy.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-deploy.yaml
index 224df9a..72655a2 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-deploy.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-deploy.yaml
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ spec:
               secretKeyRef:
                 name: {{ include "database_geodata_password_secret_key_ref" . }}
                 key: {{ include "database_geodata_password_key_ref" . }}
+          {{- with .Values.geoserver.extraPodEnv }}
+          {{- tpl . $ | nindent 10 }}
+          {{- end }}
 
         volumeMounts:
         - name: "{{ include "persistant_volume_name" . }}"
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-env.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-env.yaml
index f3fd4f8..8c65b54 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-env.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-env.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ data:
   GEONODE_GEODATABASE: {{ .Values.postgres.geodata_databasename_and_username | quote  }}
   GEONODE_GEODATABASE_SCHEMA: {{ .Values.postgres.schema | quote }}
   FORCE_REINIT: {{ .Values.geoserver.force_reinit | quote }}
+
+  {{- with .Values.geoserver.extraConfigMap }}
+  {{- tpl . $ | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-secret.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-secret.yaml
index cba15f6..e3e92b8 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geoserver/geoserver-secret.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ data:
   OAUTH2_API_KEY: ""
   OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID: {{ .Values.geonode.secret.oauth2.clientId | b64enc}}
   OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET: {{ .Values.geonode.secret.oauth2.clientSecret | b64enc }}
+  {{- with .Values.geoserver.secret.extraSecrets }}
+  {{- tpl . $ | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- end }}
 {{ end }}
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diff --git a/charts/geonode/values.yaml b/charts/geonode/values.yaml
index 3722ff8..158eebc 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/values.yaml
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ geonode:
     debug: False
     # -- enable django static debug
     debug_static: False
+    # -- the name of the geonode project used (keep geonode for base image)
+    geonode_project: geonode
     # -- the settings module to load
     settings_module: geonode.settings
     # -- add additional settings to the settings py. This code will be appended to the end of the geonode settings.py
@@ -362,6 +364,22 @@ geoserver:
     admin_username: admin
     # -- geoserver admin password, respect admin_factory_password, if you gonna change the password from not factory password
     admin_password: geoserver
+    # -- additional elements to include in the secret provided to GeoServer, if not using an existing secret
+    extraSecrets: |
+#  key_1: value_1
+
+  # -- additional elements to include in the config map provided to GeoServer
+  extraConfigMap: |
+# file_1: conf content
+  
+  # -- Define this for extra GeoServer environment variables
+  # Format:
+  # extraPodEnv: |
+  #   - name: KEY_1
+  #     value: "VALUE_1"
+  #   - name: KEY_2
+  #     value: "VALUE_2"
+  extraPodEnv: |
 
   resources:
     requests:
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index ce6fc86..2475817 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-![Version: 1.2.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.2.1-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.2.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.2.2-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 # Helm Chart for Geonode
 
diff --git a/docs/list-of-releases-and-versions.md b/docs/list-of-releases-and-versions.md
index ece44dd..a358484 100644
--- a/docs/list-of-releases-and-versions.md
+++ b/docs/list-of-releases-and-versions.md
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ the table below shows an overview about the geonode-k8s release with the corespo
 | [1.1.0](https://github.com/zalf-rdm/geonode-k8s/releases/tag/geonode-k8s-1.1.0) | [4.2.2](https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/releases/tag/4.2.2)  | [geonode/geonode:4.2.2](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geonode/tags) | [geonode/geoserver:2.23.3-v2](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geoserver/tags) |
 | [1.1.1](https://github.com/zalf-rdm/geonode-k8s/releases/tag/geonode-k8s-1.1.1) | [4.2.2](https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/releases/tag/4.2.2)  | [geonode/geonode:4.2.2](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geonode/tags) | [geonode/geoserver:2.23.3-v2](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geoserver/tags) |
 | [1.2.0](https://github.com/zalf-rdm/geonode-k8s/releases/tag/geonode-k8s-1.2.0) | [4.3.0](https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/releases/tag/4.3.0)  | [geonode/geonode:4.3.0](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geonode/tags) | [geonode/geoserver:2.24.3-v1](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geoserver/tags) |
- [1.2.1](https://github.com/zalf-rdm/geonode-k8s/releases/tag/geonode-k8s-1.2.1) | [4.3.0](https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/releases/tag/4.3.0)  | [geonode/geonode:4.3.0](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geonode/tags) | [geonode/geoserver:2.24.3-v1](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geoserver/tags) |
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+ [1.2.1](https://github.com/zalf-rdm/geonode-k8s/releases/tag/geonode-k8s-1.2.1) | [4.3.0](https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/releases/tag/4.3.0)  | [geonode/geonode:4.3.0](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geonode/tags) | [geonode/geoserver:2.24.3-v1](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geoserver/tags) |
+ [1.2.2](https://github.com/zalf-rdm/geonode-k8s/releases/tag/geonode-k8s-1.2.1) | [4.3.0](https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/releases/tag/4.3.0)  | [geonode/geonode:4.3.0](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geonode/tags) | [geonode/geoserver:2.24.3-v1](https://hub.docker.com/r/geonode/geoserver/tags) |
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