diff --git a/charts/application-core/Chart.yaml b/charts/application-core/Chart.yaml
index ae8f990..89163e6 100644
--- a/charts/application-core/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/application-core/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 4.2.4
+version: 4.2.5
+
 
 maintainers:
   - name: Dominic DePasquale
diff --git a/charts/application-core/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/application-core/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 1a03444..11192ff 100644
--- a/charts/application-core/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/application-core/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ Expand the name of the chart.
 {{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
 {{- end }}
 
+{{/*
+Build the env that gets injected into the deployments
+*/}}
+{{- define "application-core.env" -}}
+- name: APP_NAME
+  value: {{ .Values.appName | default (printf "%s-%s" .Release.Namespace .Release.Name) }}
+{{- if .Values.env }}
+{{ .Values.env | toYaml }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{/*
 Create a default fully qualified app name.
 We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
diff --git a/charts/application-core/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/application-core/templates/deployment.yaml
index ab5f9d2..cad30b2 100644
--- a/charts/application-core/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/application-core/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ spec:
             - {{ . }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
-          {{- if or .Values.env }}
           env:
-            {{- .Values.env | toYaml | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
+          {{- include "application-core.env" . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- if or .Values.externalSecret.enabled .Values.configMap.enabled .Values.extraConfigMaps .Values.extraSecrets }}
           envFrom:
             {{- if .Values.configMap.enabled }}
@@ -148,10 +146,8 @@ spec:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
-          {{- if or .Values.env }}
           env:
-            {{- .Values.env | toYaml | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
+          {{- include "application-core.env"  . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- if or .Values.externalSecret.enabled .Values.configMap.enabled .Values.extraConfigMaps .Values.extraSecrets }}
           envFrom:
             {{- if .Values.configMap.enabled }}
diff --git a/charts/application-core/values.yaml b/charts/application-core/values.yaml
index 6514845..3a8dbb2 100644
--- a/charts/application-core/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/application-core/values.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ configMap:
 
 command: []
 
+appName: ""
+
 env: []
   # - name: FOO
   #   value: BAR