diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 3728db3cd0e932571246a392a988e0552e39ad78..49f09f55635c40889b144e4344fda3ee5a029006 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -115,3 +115,11 @@ app.kubernetes.io/namespace: {{ include "app.namespace" . }}
 {{- define "app.goofyAddress" -}}
 {{ printf "https://%s.%s" (include "app.kopBezeichner" .) .Values.baseUrl }}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "app.envProfiles" -}}
+{{- if eq (include "app.kopEnvironment" . ) "dev" -}}
+{{ printf "develop" }}
+{{- else -}}
+{{ printf "prod" }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2e44098c39eaeecc712fefc21035f9d813455042..c44e6e64e0272fa3580c0b60ff3cb76cc49abf3b 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ spec:
         - name: KOP_KEYCLOAK_SYNC_CRON
           value: {{ .Values.kop.keycloak.sync.cron }}
         - name: QUARKUS_PROFILE
-          value: {{ include "app.kopEnvironment" . }}
+          value: {{ include "app.envProfiles" . }}
         {{- with (.Values.env).customList }}
 {{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
index 1a11bc423f22fc5c773083740748e21c57dbe016..7b5f3e2167f8b45f8044a993691359dc11f13631 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment_env_test.yaml
@@ -46,13 +46,26 @@ tests:
           content:
             name: my_test_environment_name
             value: "A test value"
-  - it: should set quarkus profile
+            
+  - it: should set profile to "develop" if environment is dev
     template: deployment.yaml
-    release:
-       namespace: sh-helm-dev
+    set:
+      kop:
+         environment: dev
+    asserts:
+     - contains:
+         path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+         content:
+           name: QUARKUS_PROFILE
+           value: develop
+  - it: should set profile to "prod" as default
+    template: deployment.yaml
+    set:
+      kop:
+         environment: prod
     asserts:
      - contains:
          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
          content:
            name: QUARKUS_PROFILE
-           value: dev
\ No newline at end of file
+           value: prod
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-dev.yaml b/user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-develop.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-dev.yaml
rename to user-manager-server/src/main/resources/application-develop.yaml