diff --git a/swh/templates/graphql/deployment.yaml b/swh/templates/graphql/deployment.yaml
index 4762f00..491eb68 100644
--- a/swh/templates/graphql/deployment.yaml
+++ b/swh/templates/graphql/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,69 +1,70 @@
 {{ if .Values.graphql.enabled -}}
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: graphql
   namespace: {{ .Values.namespace }}
   labels:
     app: graphql
 spec:
   revisionHistoryLimit: 2
   replicas: {{ .Values.graphql.replicas }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: graphql
   strategy:
     type: RollingUpdate
     rollingUpdate:
       maxSurge: 1
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: graphql
       annotations:
         # Force a rollout upgrade if the configuration changes
         checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/graphql/configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: graphql
           image: {{ .Values.swh_graphql_image }}:{{ .Values.swh_graphql_image_version }}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
             - containerPort: 5013
           env:
           - name: PORT
             value: "5013"
           - name: THREADS
             value: {{ .Values.graphql.gunicorn.threads | quote }}
           - name: WORKERS
             value: {{ .Values.graphql.gunicorn.workers | quote }}
           - name: LOG_LEVEL
             value: {{ .Values.graphql.logLevel | quote }}
           - name: TIMEOUT
             value: {{ .Values.graphql.gunicorn.timeout | quote }}
           {{ if .Values.graphql.sentry_enabled -}}
           - name: SWH_SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT
             value: {{ $.Values.sentry.environment }}
           - name: SWH_MAIN_PACKAGE
             value: swh.graphql
           - name: SWH_SENTRY_DSN
             valueFrom:
               secretKeyRef:
                 name: graphql-sentry-secrets
                 key: sentry-dsn
-                # 'name' secret must exist & include key "host"
-                optional: false
+                # 'name' secret should exist & include key "host"
+                # if the setting doesn't exist, sentry pushes will be disabled
+                optional: true
           {{ end }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: config
               mountPath: /etc/swh/config.yml
               subPath: config.yml
               readOnly: true
       volumes:
         - name: config
           configMap:
             name: graphql
             defaultMode: 0444
 
 {{ end }}