diff --git a/deployment/deploy-yml.tmpl b/deployment/deploy-yml.tmpl
index 19a3059..befdbab 100644
--- a/deployment/deploy-yml.tmpl
+++ b/deployment/deploy-yml.tmpl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: udi
   annotations:
-    secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "%PRE%-udi-conf,%PRE%-udi-db-cred,%PRE%-mqtt-password"
+    secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "%PRE%-udi-conf,%PRE%-udi-db-cred,%PRE%-mqtt-password,%PRE%-udi-influxdb-cred"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
diff --git a/deployment/deploy.sh b/deployment/deploy.sh
index 5c7bc99..33f0859 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ for NAMESPACE_DIR in `find $INSTANCES_DIR -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1`; do
       --dry-run=client \
       -o yaml \
       --save-config \
-      --from-literal=INFLUXDB_URL="$INFLUXDB_URL" | \
+      --from-literal=INFLUXDB_URL="${!INFLUXDB_URL}" | \
       kubectl apply -f - -n $NAMESPACE
 
     # set configuration as configMap
diff --git a/src/udi/database/database.go b/src/udi/database/database.go
index 5ff3786..cbd87a2 100644
--- a/src/udi/database/database.go
+++ b/src/udi/database/database.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func NewDatabaseHandle() *DatabaseHandle {
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Unable to create InfluxDB client: %s", err)
+		log.Printf("Unable to create InfluxDB client (config: URL: %s, Username: %s, Password: %s): %s", influxDB, username, password, err)
 		db.initialized = false
 		return &db
 	}