diff --git a/manifests/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/kustomization.yaml
index 32d81d920..e0674695e 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-- configmap.yaml
+- postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
 - operator-service-account-rbac.yaml
 - postgres-operator.yaml
 - api-service.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/postgres-operator.yaml b/manifests/postgres-operator.yaml
index e7a604a2d..ba8c9536c 100644
--- a/manifests/postgres-operator.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgres-operator.yaml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ spec:
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         env:
         # provided additional ENV vars can overwrite individual config map entries
-        - name: CONFIG_MAP_NAME
-          value: "postgres-operator"
-        # In order to use the CRD OperatorConfiguration instead, uncomment these lines and comment out the two lines above
-        # - name: POSTGRES_OPERATOR_CONFIGURATION_OBJECT
-        #  value: postgresql-operator-default-configuration
+        - name: POSTGRES_OPERATOR_CONFIGURATION_OBJECT
+          value: postgresql-operator-default-configuration
+        # In order to use the ConfigMap instead, uncomment these lines and comment out the two lines above
+        # - name: CONFIG_MAP_NAME
+        #   value: "postgres-operator"
         # Define an ID to isolate controllers from each other
         # - name: CONTROLLER_ID
         #   value: "second-operator"
diff --git a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
index 049e917f6..66db9190c 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ configuration:
     # pod_priority_class_name: ""
     pod_role_label: spilo-role
     # pod_service_account_definition: ""
-    pod_service_account_name: postgres-pod
+    pod_service_account_name: zalando-postgres-operator
     # pod_service_account_role_binding_definition: ""
     pod_terminate_grace_period: 5m
     secret_name_template: "{username}.{cluster}.credentials.{tprkind}.{tprgroup}"