diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
index 2660313c..359d487b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           echo -n "verifying images:"
           docker images
 
-      - name: render raster templates
+      - name: helm render/install eoapi templates
         run: |
           export PGUSER=username
           export POSTGRES_USER=username
@@ -59,42 +59,32 @@ jobs:
           export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
           export GITSHA='A12345'
 
-          cd helm-chart/eoapi
-
-          MANIFEST=eoapi-manfests.yaml
-          echo "" > $MANIFEST
-          MANIFESTS=$(find ./templates/* -name "*.yaml" -not -name "ingress*.yaml")
-          while read MFILE; do
-            path_without_dot_prefix=$(echo "$MFILE" | sed 's/^\.\///g')
-            printf "[ RENDERING ]: %s\n" "$path_without_dot_prefix"
-            helm template . \
-              -s $path_without_dot_prefix \
-              --set gitSha=$GITSHA \
-              --set db.settings.secrets.PGUSER=$PGUSER \
-              --set db.settings.secrets.POSTGRES_USER=$POSTGRES_USER \
-              --set db.settings.secrets.PGPASSWORD=$PGPASSWORD \
-              --set db.settings.secrets.POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD \
-              -f values.yaml \
-              -f test-unittest-values.yaml >> $MANIFEST
-          done < <(echo "$MANIFESTS")
-
-      - name: deploy to minikube
-        run: |
-          cd helm-chart/eoapi
-          kubectl apply -f eoapi-manfests.yaml
+          cd helm-chart
 
-      - name: sleep for 20s seconds while services boot
+          helm install \
+                --namespace default \
+                --create-namespace \
+                --set gitSha=$GITSHA \
+                --set db.settings.secrets.PGUSER=$PGUSER \
+                --set db.settings.secrets.POSTGRES_USER=$POSTGRES_USER \
+                --set db.settings.secrets.PGPASSWORD=$PGPASSWORD \
+                --set db.settings.secrets.POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD \
+                -f ./eoapi/values.yaml \
+                -f ./eoapi/test-unittest-values.yaml \
+                eoapi \
+                ./eoapi
+
+      - name: sleep for 10s seconds while services boot
         shell: bash
-        run: sleep 20s
+        run: sleep 10s
 
       - name: restart the services
         run: |
-          # usually if a pod fails b/c the DB isn't up yet it will go into CrashLoopBackOff state, so bounce them
-          #kubectl get pod  | grep '^vector-.*$' | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
+          # usually if a pod fails b/c the DB isn't up yet it will go into CrashLoopBackOff state and then restart
+          # and then the service is fine but minikube doesn't seem to restart things for some reason, could be
+          # that the underlying CMD(s) don't fully exit so we need to restart the services here
           kubectl rollout restart deploy/vector
-          #kubectl get pod  | grep '^stac-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
           kubectl rollout restart deploy/stac
-          #kubectl get pod  | grep '^raster-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
           kubectl rollout restart deploy/raster
 
           sleep 10s
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c429709..59311fad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # k8s-eoapi
 
+---
+
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://github.com/developmentseed/k8s-eoapi/actions?query=workflow%3Ahelm-tests" target="_blank">
       <img src="https://github.com/developmentseed/k8s-eoapi/actions/workflows/helm-tests.yml/badge.svg" alt="Test">
@@ -9,7 +11,6 @@
   </a>
 </p>
 
----
 
 ## Getting Started
 
diff --git a/docs/aws-eks.md b/docs/aws-eks.md
index b548abd0..304e33af 100644
--- a/docs/aws-eks.md
+++ b/docs/aws-eks.md
@@ -222,6 +222,14 @@ helm upgrade \
     --namespace <the-same-namespace-where-your-services-will-be-deployed>
 ```
 
+Depending on what NGINX functionality you need you might also want to configure `kind: ConfigMap` as [talked about on their docs](https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap/). 
+Below we enable gzip by patching `use-gzip` into the `ConfigMap`:
+
+```python
+$ kubectl get cm | grep ingress-nginx | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl patch cm/{} --type merge -p '{"data":{"use-gzip":"true"}}'
+$ kubectl get deploy | grep ingress-nginx | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl rollout restart deploy/{}   
+```
+
 Assert that things are set up correctly:
 
 ```python