diff --git a/apps/homeassistant/config.sealedsecret.yaml b/apps/homeassistant/config.sealedsecret.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f9fe18..0000000
--- a/apps/homeassistant/config.sealedsecret.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: bitnami.com/v1alpha1
-kind: SealedSecret
-metadata:
-  creationTimestamp: null
-  name: config
-  namespace: homeassistant
-spec:
-  encryptedData:
-    configuration.yaml: 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
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      creationTimestamp: null
-      name: config
-      namespace: homeassistant
-    type: Opaque
diff --git a/apps/homeassistant/deployment.yaml b/apps/homeassistant/deployment.yaml
index fdd6fda..2bc365e 100644
--- a/apps/homeassistant/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/homeassistant/deployment.yaml
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: config-dir
               mountPath: /config
-            - name: configuration
-              mountPath: /config/configuration.yaml
-              readOnly: true
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: "100m"
@@ -37,7 +34,4 @@ spec:
         - name: config-dir
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: config
-        - name: configuration
-          secret:
-            secretName: config
 
diff --git a/apps/homeassistant/kustomization.yaml b/apps/homeassistant/kustomization.yaml
index e8070d4..2667f5d 100644
--- a/apps/homeassistant/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/homeassistant/kustomization.yaml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ resources:
   - service.yaml
   - deployment.yaml
   - servicemonitor.yaml
-  - config.sealedsecret.yaml
+
 
 images:
   - name: homeassistant/home-assistant
     newName: homeassistant/home-assistant
-    newTag: "2024.1"
+    newTag: "2024.4"
diff --git a/infrastructure/argocd/argo-apps.application.yaml b/infrastructure/argocd/argo-apps.application.yaml
index 0f655ac..14de864 100644
--- a/infrastructure/argocd/argo-apps.application.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/argocd/argo-apps.application.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ spec:
   destination:
     server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
     namespace: argocd
-  syncPolicy:
-    automated:
-      prune: true
-      # selfHeal: true
+  # syncPolicy:
+  #   automated:
+  #     prune: true
+  #     selfHeal: false
+  # DO NOT AUTO SYNC THE APP OF APPS.
+  # all other apps are auto-synced, but adding new apps should be done manually.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infrastructure/backup/README.md b/infrastructure/backup/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67f2784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/backup/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# How to restore
+
+1.  Port forward the rest api for gcloud
+    ```bash
+    kubectl port-forward -n backup service/rclone-gcloud 8000
+    ```
+
+2. Load the snapshots locally
+    ```bash
+    restic -r rest:http://127.0.0.1:8000/kluster mount /mnt/restic
+    ```
+    (The password is in a secret)
+
+3. Copy relevant files to the correct location on the NAS
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infrastructure/prometheus/prometheus.yaml b/infrastructure/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
index 8788fb4..4ae590d 100644
--- a/infrastructure/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ roleRef:
 subjects:
 - kind: ServiceAccount
   name: prometheus
-  namespace: monitoring # needs to be the same as in the kustomization.yaml
+  namespace: prometheus # needs to be the same as in the kustomization.yaml
 ---
 apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: Prometheus