diff --git a/helm/templates/configmap.yaml b/helm/templates/configmap.yaml
index f5d8f23..b4d7fba 100644
--- a/helm/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ data:
   DB_NAME: {{ $postgres.name | quote }}
   DB_CERT_PATH: /tmp/certs/{{ $postgres.ssl.certFileName }}
   DB_KEY_PATH: /tmp/certs/{{ $postgres.ssl.keyFileName }}
+  {{- if $postgres.ssl.caFileName }}
   DB_CA_PATH: /tmp/certs/{{ $postgres.ssl.caFileName }}
+  {{- end }}
   DB_ENABLE_SSL_AUTH: {{ $postgres.ssl.enabled | quote }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/src/DAL/connectionOptions.ts b/src/DAL/connectionOptions.ts
index 4ad0167..9c637e2 100644
--- a/src/DAL/connectionOptions.ts
+++ b/src/DAL/connectionOptions.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const createConnectionOptions = (dbConfig: DbConfig): DataSourceOptions =
       ssl: {
         key: readFileSync(sslPaths.key),
         cert: readFileSync(sslPaths.cert),
-        ca: readFileSync(sslPaths.ca),
+        ...(sslPaths.ca !== undefined && sslPaths.ca !== '' ? { ca: readFileSync(sslPaths.ca) } : {}),
         rejectUnauthorized,
       },
     };
diff --git a/src/common/interfaces.ts b/src/common/interfaces.ts
index 9b4bb15..ad5a163 100644
--- a/src/common/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/common/interfaces.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface DbConfig extends PostgresConnectionOptions {
   database: string;
   enableSslAuth?: boolean;
   sslPaths?: {
-    ca: string;
+    ca?: string;
     cert: string;
     key: string;
   };