diff --git a/charts/testkube-api/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/testkube-api/templates/deployment.yaml
index 56bec3a3e..43f457b6a 100644
--- a/charts/testkube-api/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/testkube-api/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
             - name: API_MONGO_ALLOW_DISK_USE
               value: "{{ .Values.mongodb.allowDiskUse }}"
-            {{- if .Values.nats.enabled }}
             - name: NATS_URI
-              {{- if .Values.nats.secretName }}
+              {{- if .Values.nats.uri }}
+              value: "{{ .Values.nats.uri }}"
+              {{- else if .Values.nats.secretName }}
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: {{ .Values.nats.secretName }}
@@ -133,7 +134,6 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ .Values.nats.tls.certSecret.baseMountPath }}/{{ .Values.nats.tls.certSecret.caFile }}"
             {{- end }}
             {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
             - name: POSTMANEXECUTOR_URI
               value: "{{ .Values.postmanExecutorURI }}"
             - name: TESTKUBE_ANALYTICS_ENABLED
diff --git a/charts/testkube-api/values.yaml b/charts/testkube-api/values.yaml
index 3a5eab32a..5792f78fb 100644
--- a/charts/testkube-api/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/testkube-api/values.yaml
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ nats:
   ## load URI from secrets
   # secretName: XXX
   # secretKey: XXX
+  ## load URI from plain-text
+  # uri: "nats://testkube-nats:4222"
 
 ## MINIO parameters
 minio: