diff --git a/infrastructure/argocd-imageupdate/argocd-image-updater-config.configmap.yaml b/infrastructure/argocd-imageupdate/argocd-image-updater-config.configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50b2884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/argocd-imageupdate/argocd-image-updater-config.configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: argocd-image-updater-config
+
+data:
+  git.commit-message-template: |
+    [CI SKIP] automatic update of {{ .AppName }}
+
+    {{ range .AppChanges -}}
+    updates image {{ .Image }} tag '{{ .OldTag }}' to '{{ .NewTag }}'
+    {{ end -}}
diff --git a/infrastructure/argocd-imageupdate/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/argocd-imageupdate/kustomization.yaml
index f79b6c9..4ef1746 100644
--- a/infrastructure/argocd-imageupdate/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/argocd-imageupdate/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ namespace: argocd
 resources:
   # - https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-image-updater/manifests/base
   - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-image-updater/stable/manifests/install.yaml
+  
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - argocd-image-updater-config.configmap.yaml
 
-
-# patches:
-#   - path: ./restic-commands.yaml
-#     target:
-#       kind: CronJob
-      
diff --git a/kluster-deployments/journal/application.yaml b/kluster-deployments/journal/application.yaml
index 23ee935..8140a2c 100644
--- a/kluster-deployments/journal/application.yaml
+++ b/kluster-deployments/journal/application.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ metadata:
     argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/image-list: mollre/journal-bot # no version constraints, use newest
     argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/alias.update-strategy: latest
     argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/git-branch: main
+    argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/write-back-target: kustomization:/deployment/
     argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/write-back-method: git:secret:argocd/journal-repo
 
 spec: