diff --git a/charts/nebulous-gui-controller/templates/mongodb.yaml b/charts/nebulous-gui-controller/templates/mongodb.yaml
index 0a21492..69e88cb 100644
--- a/charts/nebulous-gui-controller/templates/mongodb.yaml
+++ b/charts/nebulous-gui-controller/templates/mongodb.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ spec:
               value: username
             - name: MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD
               value: password
+            - name: MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE
+              values: nebulous
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}