diff --git a/helm/config/mapProxyUwsgi.ini b/helm/config/mapProxyUwsgi.ini
index 27d4838..6a06cc4 100644
--- a/helm/config/mapProxyUwsgi.ini
+++ b/helm/config/mapProxyUwsgi.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [uwsgi]
-{{- $metrics := (include "common.metrics.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
 ; based on https://github.com/kartoza/docker-mapproxy/blob/master/build_data/uwsgi.ini
 chdir = /mapproxy
 wsgi-file = app.py
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ worker-reload-mercy = 60             ; How long to wait before forcefully killin
 wsgi-disable-file-wrapper = true
 harakiri = {{ .Values.mapproxy.uwsgi.harakiri }}
 chmod-socket = 664
-{{ if $metrics.enabled }}
+{{ if .Values.telemetry.metrics.enabled }}
 stats = :{{ .Values.mapproxy.uwsgi.statsServer.stats }}
 stats-http = true
 stats-min = {{ .Values.mapproxy.uwsgi.statsServer.statsMinify }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 661c57f..1945355 100644
--- a/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -114,4 +114,15 @@ Returns the cloud provider image pull secret name from global if exists or from
 {{- $headerList = uniq $headerList -}}
 {{-  quote (join "," $headerList) -}}
 {{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Returns the tracing url from global if exists or from the chart's values
+*/}}
+{{- define "mapproxy.tracingUrl" -}}
+{{- if .Values.global.telemetry.tracing.url }}
+    {{- .Values.global.telemetry.tracing.url -}}
+{{- else if .Values.telemetry.tracing.url -}}
+    {{- .Values.telemetry.tracing.url -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/helm/templates/_tplValues.tpl b/helm/templates/_tplValues.tpl
index bf10856..563fce6 100644
--- a/helm/templates/_tplValues.tpl
+++ b/helm/templates/_tplValues.tpl
@@ -60,11 +60,3 @@ Custom definitions
 {{- define "common.fs.merged" -}}
 {{- include "common.tplvalues.merge" ( dict "values" ( list .Values.storage.fs .Values.global.storage.fs ) "context" . ) }}
 {{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "common.tracing.merged" -}}
-{{- include "common.tplvalues.merge" ( dict "values" ( list .Values.tracing .Values.global.tracing ) "context" . ) }}
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "common.metrics.merged" -}}
-{{- include "common.tplvalues.merge" ( dict "values" ( list .Values.metrics .Values.global.metrics ) "context" . ) }}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/helm/templates/intital-container/mapproxy-init-container.yaml b/helm/templates/intital-container/mapproxy-init-container.yaml
index f7e5ae1..2c4b323 100644
--- a/helm/templates/intital-container/mapproxy-init-container.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/intital-container/mapproxy-init-container.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
               name: internal-storage
               subPath: config/mapproxy.yaml
             {{- end }}
-            {{- if .Values.global.ca.enabled }}
+            {{- if .Values.global.ca.secretName }}
             - name: REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE
               value: {{ printf "%s/%s" .Values.global.ca.path .Values.global.ca.key | quote }}
             {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/mapproxinator/mapproxinator-configmap.yaml b/helm/templates/mapproxinator/mapproxinator-configmap.yaml
index 753c8a5..4703315 100644
--- a/helm/templates/mapproxinator/mapproxinator-configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/mapproxinator/mapproxinator-configmap.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 {{- $db := (include "common.db.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
 {{- $s3 := (include "common.s3.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
 {{- $storage := (include "common.storage.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
-{{- $metrics := (include "common.metrics.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
-{{- $tracing := (include "common.tracing.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
+{{- $telemetry := .Values.telemetry -}}
+{{- $tracingUrl := include "mapproxy.tracingUrl" . -}}
 
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
@@ -22,14 +22,11 @@ data:
   RESPONSE_COMPRESSION_ENABLED: {{ .Values.mapproxinator.env.responseCompressionEnabled | quote }}
   LOG_LEVEL: {{ .Values.mapproxinator.env.logLevel | quote }}
   LOG_PRETTY_PRINT_ENABLED: {{ .Values.mapproxinator.env.logPrettyPrintEnabled | quote }}
-  {{ if $tracing.enabled }}
-  TELEMETRY_TRACING_ENABLED: 'true'
-  TELEMETRY_TRACING_URL: {{ $tracing.url }}
-  {{ end }}
-  {{ if $metrics.enabled }}
-  TELEMETRY_METRICS_ENABLED: 'true'
-  TELEMETRY_METRICS_URL: {{ $metrics.url }}
-  {{ end }}
+  TELEMETRY_TRACING_ENABLED: {{ $telemetry.tracing.enabled | quote }}
+  {{- if $telemetry.tracing.enabled }}
+  TELEMETRY_TRACING_URL: {{ $tracingUrl | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
+  TELEMETRY_METRICS_ENABLED: {{ $telemetry.metrics.enabled | quote }}
   SERVER_PORT: {{ .Values.mapproxinator.targetPort | quote }}
   CONFIG_PROVIDER: {{ $storage.mapproxyConfigProvider | quote }}
   POLL_TIMEOUT_FREQUENCY_MS: {{ .Values.mapproxinator.env.poll.timeout.frequencyMS | quote }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/mapproxy-bundle.yaml b/helm/templates/mapproxy-bundle.yaml
index f5f732c..30c17f2 100644
--- a/helm/templates/mapproxy-bundle.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/mapproxy-bundle.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   {{- $sslSecretName := ternary .Values.authentication.ssl.externalSecretName (printf "%s%s" .Release.Name "-open-ssl") .Values.authentication.ssl.useExternal }}
   {{- $postgresSecretName := ternary $db.secrets.externalSecretName (printf "%s%s" .Release.Name "-postgres-secret") $db.secrets.useExternal }}
   {{- $s3SecretName := ternary $s3.secretName (printf "%s%s" .Release.Name  "-s3-secret") (ne $s3.secretName "") }}
-  {{- $metrics := (include "common.metrics.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
   replicas: {{ .replicaCount }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@
         ######################################################### Mapproxinator Deployment #########################################################
         {{- template "mapproxy-chart.mapproxinator-container" (merge (dict "releaseName" .releaseName "chartName" .chartName "cloudProviderDockerRegistryUrl" $cloudProviderDockerRegistryUrl "s3SecretName" $s3SecretName "postgresSecretName" $postgresSecretName) .) }}
          ######################################################### uwsgi Deployment #########################################################
-        {{- if $metrics.enabled }}
+        {{- if .Values.telemetry.metrics.enabled }}
         {{- template "mapproxy-chart.uwsgi-exporter-container" (merge (dict "releaseName" .releaseName "chartName" .chartName "cloudProviderDockerRegistryUrl" $cloudProviderDockerRegistryUrl "resources" .Values.uwsgiExporter.resources) .) }}
         {{- end }}
       volumes:
diff --git a/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-configmap.yaml b/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-configmap.yaml
index 862e75b..ba2ce1e 100644
--- a/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-configmap.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 {{- $releaseName := .Release.Name -}}
 {{- $configmapName := include "configmap.fullname" . -}}
 {{- $s3 := (include "common.s3.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
-{{- $tracing := (include "common.tracing.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
+{{- $tracing := .Values.telemetry.tracing -}}
+{{- $tracingUrl := include "mapproxy.tracingUrl" . -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ data:
   S3_USERNAME: {{ $s3.username | quote }}
   # ── Telemetry / Tracing ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
   TELEMETRY_TRACING_ENABLED: {{ $tracing.enabled | quote }}
-  TELEMETRY_TRACING_ENDPOINT: {{ $tracing.url | quote }}
+  {{- if $tracing.enabled }}
+  TELEMETRY_TRACING_ENDPOINT: {{ $tracingUrl | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
   TELEMETRY_TRACING_SAMPLING_RATIO_DENOMINATOR: {{ $tracing.samplingRatioDenominator | quote }}
   TELEMETRY_BOTO_ENABLED: {{ .Values.mapproxy.env.telemetry.boto.enabled | quote }}
   TELEMETRY_BOTO_CAPTURE_HEADERS: {{ .Values.mapproxy.env.telemetry.boto.captureHeaders | quote }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-container.yaml b/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-container.yaml
index 83069e3..b3ebde3 100644
--- a/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-container.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-container.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {{- $configmapName := include "configmap.fullname" . -}}
 {{- $storage := (include "common.storage.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
 {{- $fs := (include "common.fs.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
-{{- $metrics := (include "common.metrics.merged" .) | fromYaml }}
 {{- $caCertPath := printf "%s/%s" .Values.global.ca.path .Values.global.ca.key }}
         - name: mapproxy
           image: {{ .cloudProviderDockerRegistryUrl }}{{ .Values.mapproxy.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.mapproxy.image.tag }}
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@
               value: {{ .Values.mapproxy.uwsgi.threads | quote }}
             - name: HARAKIRI
               value: {{ .Values.mapproxy.uwsgi.harakiri | quote }}
-            {{- if $metrics.enabled }}
+            {{- if .Values.telemetry.metrics.enabled }}
             # Stats server for uwsgi-exporter / Prometheus
             - name: UWSGI_STATS_ENABLED
               value: "true"
diff --git a/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-wmts-deployment.yaml b/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-wmts-deployment.yaml
index c4fc8a0..dcf07c7 100644
--- a/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-wmts-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/mapproxy/mapproxy-wmts-deployment.yaml
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
 {{- $replicaCount := .Values.mapproxy.wmts.replicaCount }}
 {{- $wmtsDeploymentName := include "wmts-deployment.fullname" . }}
 
-{{- if .Values.global.ca.enabled }}
-{{- if and .Values.global.ca.secretName (not .Values.global.ca.secretName) }}
-{{- fail "When using external ca secret the value for .Values.global.ca.secretName should be set" }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-
 {{- if .Values.authentication.ssl.enabled }}
 {{- if and .Values.authentication.ssl.useExternal (not .Values.authentication.ssl.externalSecretName) }}
 {{- fail "When using external ssl secret the value for .Values.authentication.ssl.externalSecretName should be set" }}
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index a9fb67d..f51d653 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -3,16 +3,8 @@ global:
     dockerRegistryUrl: my-registry-url.io
     imagePullSecretName: "my-registry-secret"
     flavor: openshift
-  tracing:
-    enabled: false
-    url: ""
-    samplingRatioDenominator: 1000
-  metrics:
-    enabled: false
-    url: ""
-    prometheus:
-      scrape: false
-      port: 9117
+  telemetry:
+    tracing: {}
   environment: ""
   authentication:
     jwtPublicKeySecretName: map-colonies-jwks
@@ -73,22 +65,19 @@ db:
   name: ""
   port: 5432
   sslEnabled: false
-  schema: ""
+  schema: MapproxyConfig
   rejectUnauthorized: false
   secrets:
     useExternal: false
     externalSecretName: ""
 
-tracing:
-  enabled: false
-  url: ""
-  # samplingRatioDenominator: 1000
-metrics:
-  enabled: false
-  url: ""
-  prometheus:
-    scrape: false
-    port: 9117
+telemetry:
+  tracing:
+    enabled: true
+    url: http://localhost:4317
+    samplingRatioDenominator: 1000
+  metrics:
+    enabled: true
 
 # add pod annotations
 # example:
@@ -101,7 +90,7 @@ environment: development
 initialDelaySeconds: 60
 splunkIndex: ""
 resetOnConfigChange: true
-imagePullPolicy: Always
+imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 cloudProvider:
   dockerRegistryUrl: my-registry-url.io
@@ -160,9 +149,6 @@ mapproxy:
   image:
     repository: docker-mapproxy
     tag: "latest"
-  db:
-    nameOverride:
-    schema: MapproxyConfig
   port: 80
   targetPort: 8080
   uwsgi: