diff --git a/meali/.gitattributes b/meali/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a7f4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meali/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config/*.env filter=age diff=age merge=age -text
diff --git a/meali/config/meali.env b/meali/config/meali.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3a0acb
Binary files /dev/null and b/meali/config/meali.env differ
diff --git a/meali/kustomization.yaml b/meali/kustomization.yaml
index 0aa2be4..a4241c7 100644
--- a/meali/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/meali/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,18 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 namespace: meali
 
+images:
+  - name: meali
+    newName: ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie
+    newTag: v2.3.0
+
 resources:
   - resources/namespace.yaml
   - resources/db/db.yaml
   - resources/db/user.yaml
+  - resources/deployment.yaml
+
+secretGenerator:
+  - name: meali-config
+    envs:
+      - "config/meali.env"
diff --git a/meali/resources/deployment.yaml b/meali/resources/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cf9a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meali/resources/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: meali
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: meali
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: meali
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: meali
+          image: meali
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 9000
+              protocol: TCP
+              name: web
+          env:
+            - name: POSTGRES_URL_OVERRIDE
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: db-credentials-meali
+                  key: POSTGRES_URL
+          envFrom:
+            - secretRef:
+                name: meali-config
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 200Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 50m
+              memory: 50Mi
+      securityContext:
+        runAsUser: 1001
+        runAsGroup: 1001
+        fsGroup: 1001
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 100
+              podAffinityTerm:
+                labelSelector:
+                  matchExpressions:
+                    - key: app.kubernetes.io/name
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - fider
+                topologyKey: topology.kubernetes.io/zone