diff --git a/charts/backend/charts/bff-vcs-app-k8s/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/backend/charts/bff-vcs-app-k8s/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9e6c3d2..77f5a3b 100755
--- a/charts/backend/charts/bff-vcs-app-k8s/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/backend/charts/bff-vcs-app-k8s/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -23,26 +23,31 @@ spec:
                 path: RootCA_{{ .Values.global.cert_alias }}.crt
         - name: cacerts-volume
           emptyDir: {}
-#      initContainers:
-#        - name: import-ca
-#          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
-#          env:
-#            - name: CERT_ALIAS
-#              value: {{ .Values.global.cert_alias | quote }}
-#          volumeMounts:
-#            - name: ca-cert
-#              mountPath: /app/resources
-#            - name: cacerts-volume
-#              mountPath: /tmp/cacerts
-#          command:
-#            - sh
-#            - -c
-#            - |
-#              cp /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-amazon-corretto/lib/security/cacerts /tmp/cacerts/cacerts &&
-#              keytool -import -trustcacerts -storepass changeit -noprompt \
-#                -alias gemcert \
-#                -file /app/resources/RootCA_${CERT_ALIAS}.crt \
-#                -keystore /tmp/cacerts/cacerts
+      initContainers:
+        - name: import-ca
+          image: "{{ .Values.global.dockerRegistryPrefix }}{{ .Chart.Name }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+          env:
+            - name: CERT_ALIAS
+              value: {{ .Values.global.cert_alias | quote }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: ca-cert
+              mountPath: /app/resources
+            - name: cacerts-volume
+              mountPath: /tmp/cacerts
+          command:
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              cp /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-amazon-corretto/lib/security/cacerts /tmp/cacerts/cacerts
+              if keytool -list -keystore /tmp/cacerts/cacerts -storepass changeit -alias gemcert > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "Certificate with alias gemcert already exists, skipping import"
+              else
+                echo "Importing certificate with alias gemcert"
+                keytool -import -trustcacerts -storepass changeit -noprompt \
+                  -alias gemcert \
+                  -file /app/resources/RootCA_${CERT_ALIAS}.crt \
+                  -keystore /tmp/cacerts/cacerts
+              fi
       containers:
         - name: bff-vcs-app
           image: "{{ .Values.global.dockerRegistryPrefix }}{{ .Chart.Name }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"