diff --git a/cluster/applications/couchdb/externalsecret.yaml b/cluster/applications/couchdb/externalsecret.yaml
index 0047d8f..23fdc3a 100644
--- a/cluster/applications/couchdb/externalsecret.yaml
+++ b/cluster/applications/couchdb/externalsecret.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ spec:
         adminUsername: "admin"
         adminPassword: "{{ .adminPassword }}"
         cookieAuthSecret: "{{ .cookieAuthSecret }}"
+        erlangCookie: "{{ .erlangCookie }}"
   data:
     - secretKey: adminPassword
       remoteRef:
@@ -29,3 +30,7 @@ spec:
       remoteRef:
         key: couchdb
         property: cookie-auth-secret
+    - secretKey: erlangCookie
+      remoteRef:
+        key: couchdb
+        property: erlang-cookie
diff --git a/cluster/applications/couchdb/values.yaml b/cluster/applications/couchdb/values.yaml
index 97ef99d..3bc5fb4 100644
--- a/cluster/applications/couchdb/values.yaml
+++ b/cluster/applications/couchdb/values.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ ingress:
   annotations:
     cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-staging"  # Start with staging
     external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: "communicore.mk-labs.cloud"
+    external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/target: "10.1.71.80"
   hosts:
     - communicore.mk-labs.cloud
   tls: