diff --git a/charts/rclone-copy/templates/rclone-cron.yaml b/charts/rclone-copy/templates/rclone-cron.yaml
index f512712..91be847 100644
--- a/charts/rclone-copy/templates/rclone-cron.yaml
+++ b/charts/rclone-copy/templates/rclone-cron.yaml
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.passwordVariable }}
               - name: RCLONE_PASSWORD_COMMAND
-                value: {{ printf "echo $%s" .Values.passwordVariable | quote }}
+                value: "echo $PASSWORD"
+              - name: PASSWORD
+                valueFrom:
+                  secretKeyRef:
+                    name: {{ .Values.passwordVariable.name }}
+                    key: "{{ .Values.passwordVariable.key }}"
             {{- end }}
             {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml b/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
index 4b1a30e..5412403 100644
--- a/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
@@ -93,4 +93,6 @@ secretRefs: {}
 
 secretConfig: false
 
-# passwordVariable: MY_SECRET
+passwordVariable: {}
+#  name: secretName
+#  key: secretKey