diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 9307d6d..397ce79 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ deploy_commands_alias:
   - sed "s/__LEVEL__/$${LEVEL}/g" kube/q3-status-deployment.yaml > kube/q3-status-deployment-$${LEVEL}.yaml
   - sed "s/__NAMESPACE__/$${NAMESPACE}/g" kube/q3-status-deployment-$${LEVEL}.yaml > kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}.yaml
   - sed "s/__IMAGE_TAG__/$${IMAGE_TAG}/g" kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}.yaml > kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}2.yaml
-  - cat kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}2.yaml
+  - sed "s/__Q3_SERVER__/$${Q3_SERVER}/g" kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}2.yaml > kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}3.yaml
+  - sed "s/__RCONN_PASSWORD__/$${RCONN_PASSWORD}/g" kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}3.yaml > kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}4.yaml
   - echo "applying"
-  - kubectl apply -f kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}2.yaml --namespace=q3
+  - kubectl apply -f kube/q3-status-deployment-$${NAMESPACE}-$${LEVEL}4.yaml --namespace=q3
   - echo "== post deploy ($${LEVEL}) status:"
   - kubectl get deployments --namespace=q3
   - kubectl get pods --namespace=q3
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ steps:
     IMAGE_TAG: ${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
     NAMESPACE: q3
     LEVEL: staging
+    Q3_SERVER: "vm-docker:27960"
+    RCONN_PASSWORD:
+      from_secret: rconn_password
   <<: *deploy_commands
   when:
     branch:
@@ -67,6 +71,9 @@ steps:
     IMAGE_TAG: ${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
     NAMESPACE: q3
     LEVEL: live
+    Q3_SERVER: "vm-docker:27960"
+    RCONN_PASSWORD:
+      from_secret: rconn_password
   <<: *deploy_commands
   when:
     branch:
diff --git a/kube/q3-status-deployment.yaml b/kube/q3-status-deployment.yaml
index 30fcd3e..01da082 100644
--- a/kube/q3-status-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kube/q3-status-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,5 +20,10 @@ spec:
       - name: q3-status
         image: kleph/q3-status:__IMAGE_TAG__
         imagePullPolicy: Always
+        env:
+        - name: Q3_SERVER
+          value: __Q3_SERVER__
+        - name: RCONN_PASSWORD
+          value: __RCONN_PASSWORD__
         ports:
         - containerPort: 5000