diff --git a/helm/templates/elasticsearch/create-kibana-user-job.yaml b/helm/templates/elasticsearch/create-kibana-user-job.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/helm/templates/elasticsearch/create-kibana-user-job.yaml  b/helm/templates/elasticsearch/create-kibana-user-job.yaml 
index 7abaf07..a28f2c1 100644
--- a/helm/templates/elasticsearch/create-kibana-user-job.yaml 	
+++ b/helm/templates/elasticsearch/create-kibana-user-job.yaml 	
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ spec:
               echo "user '${KIBANA_USERNAME}' already exists."
             else
               echo "creating user '${KIBANA_USERNAME}'..."
-              curl -u ${ELASTIC_USERNAME}:${ELASTIC_PASSWORD} -X POST http://service-elasticsearch:9200/_security/user/${KIBANA_USERNAME} \
-                -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-                -d "{
-                  \"password\": \"${KIBANA_PASSWORD}\",
-                  \"roles\": [\"kibana_system\"],
-                  \"full_name\": \"Kibana System User\",
-                  \"enabled\": true
-                }"
+#              curl -u ${ELASTIC_USERNAME}:${ELASTIC_PASSWORD} -X POST http://service-elasticsearch:9200/_security/user/${KIBANA_USERNAME} \
+#                -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+#                -d "{
+#                  \"password\": \"${KIBANA_PASSWORD}\",
+#                  \"roles\": [\"kibana_system\"],
+#                  \"full_name\": \"Kibana System User\",
+#                  \"enabled\": true
+#                }"
+              curl -s -X POST -u "elastic:{{ required ".Values.elasticsearch.password entry is required!" .Values.elasticsearch.password }}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://localhost:9200/_security/user/kibana_system/_password -d "{\"password\" : \"{{ required ".Values.kibana.password entry is required!" .Values.kibana.password }}\"}"  
               echo "user '${KIBANA_USERNAME}' created."
             fi
         envFrom:
diff --git a/helm/values-vdgkind-configs.yaml b/helm/values-vdgkind-configs.yaml
index 662af15..df02c4a 100644
--- a/helm/values-vdgkind-configs.yaml
+++ b/helm/values-vdgkind-configs.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ elastic:
 # kibana
 kibana:
   imageTag: 9.0.2
-  username: kibana_system_user
+  #username: kibana_system_user
+  username: kibana_system
   priorityClassName: system-node-critical
 #  host: http://service-elasticsearch:9200