diff --git a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
index 92bc55c..cdb44db 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-machine/templates/vm.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
             claimName: dv-{{ .Values.name }}
         - name: cloudinitdisk
           cloudInitNoCloud:
-            userData: |
-              #cloud-config
-              {{- toYaml .Values.cloudInit.userData | nindent 14 }}
-            networkData: |
-              {{- toYaml .Values.cloudInit.networkData | nindent 14 }}
+            userDataSecretRef:
+              name: {{ .Values.name }}-user-data
+            networkDataSecretRef:
+              name: {{ .Values.name }}-network-data