diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml
index fb23044..057fda5 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/secret-user-data.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 {{- if .Values.configFiles }}
 {{- $runcmd := get $userData "runcmd" | default list }}
 {{- $mkdir := print "sudo mkdir -p /home/" .Values.username "/.dodo" }}
+# TODO(gio): use this when switching to filesystems
 # {{- $mount := print "sudo mount -t virtiofs configs /home/" .Values.username "/.dodo" }}
-{{- $mount := print "sudo mount /dev/$(lsblk --nodeps -no name,serial | grep CVLY623300HK240D | cut -f1 -d' ') /home/" .Values.username "/.dodo" }}
+{{- $mount := print "sudo mount /dev/$(lsblk --nodeps -no name,serial | grep DODOCONFIGFILES | cut -f1 -d' ') /home/" .Values.username "/.dodo" }}
 {{- $_ := set $userData "runcmd" (concat $runcmd (list $mkdir $mount)) }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- $userDataYaml := print "#cloud-config\n" (toYaml $userData) }}
diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
index bfbfa2b..a0d19e5 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@
               disk:
                 bus: virtio
                 readonly: true
+            {{- if .Values.configFiles }}
+            # TODO(gio): switch to filesystems for real-time updates
             - name: configs
               disk:
                 bus: virtio
                 readonly: true
-              serial: CVLY623300HK240D
+              serial: DODOCONFIGFILES
+            {{- end }}
       networks:
         - name: default
           pod: {}