diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/Deployment-garage-main.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/Deployment-garage-main.yaml
index 6c5b95951..f28673ed9 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/Deployment-garage-main.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/Deployment-garage-main.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ spec:
               subPath: garage.toml
             - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/data
               name: data
+            - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/meta
+              name: db
             - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/snapshots
               name: snapshots
         - envFrom:
@@ -83,6 +85,9 @@ spec:
         - name: data
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: garage-data
+        - name: db
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: garage-db
         - name: snapshots
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: garage-snapshots
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/PersistentVolumeClaim-garage-db.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/PersistentVolumeClaim-garage-db.yaml
index 8cdfd078a..b19f4c0b4 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/PersistentVolumeClaim-garage-db.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/PersistentVolumeClaim-garage-db.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-apiVersion: v1
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
   name: garage-db
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: garage
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: garage
+    helm.sh/chart: garage-4.5.0
+  annotations:
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   namespace: garage
 spec:
   accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
+    - "ReadWriteOnce"
   resources:
     requests:
-      storage: 50Gi
-  storageClassName: ceph-block
+      storage: "50Gi"
+  storageClassName: "ceph-block"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationDestination-garage-db.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationDestination-garage-db.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 00e023f0e..000000000
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationDestination-garage-db.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: volsync.backube/v1alpha1
-kind: ReplicationDestination
-metadata:
-  name: garage-db
-  namespace: garage
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: garage-db
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: garage
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: garage
-spec:
-  trigger:
-    manual: restore-once
-  restic:
-    repository: garage-db-backup-secret-external
-    destinationPVC: garage-db
-    copyMethod: Direct