diff --git a/20-kube/10-pom-pom.yaml b/20-kube/10-pom-pom.yaml
--- a/20-kube/10-pom-pom.yaml
+++ b/20-kube/10-pom-pom.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ spec:
       # adds name+locale to user details
       - profile
     secret: pomerium/idp
-      #  storage:
-      #    postgres:
-      #      secret: pomerium/postgres-connection-key
+  storage:
+    postgres:
+      secret: pomerium/postgres-connection-key
   # Note pom won't start up if this cert doesn't exist, so you have to run once
   # with it commented out, then after cert success, run again with it enabled.
   certificates: [pomerium/pomerium-proxy-tls]