diff --git a/deploy/overlays/development/services/gateway/deployment.yaml b/deploy/overlays/development/services/gateway/deployment.yaml
index f56bd88..dcf9eb5 100644
--- a/deploy/overlays/development/services/gateway/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/overlays/development/services/gateway/deployment.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: cloud-services
   labels:
     app: gateway
+  annotations:
+    reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
diff --git a/deploy/overlays/development/services/gateway/external-secret.yaml b/deploy/overlays/development/services/gateway/external-secret.yaml
index eb065c9..e7a2c62 100644
--- a/deploy/overlays/development/services/gateway/external-secret.yaml
+++ b/deploy/overlays/development/services/gateway/external-secret.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cloud-db-credentials
   namespace: cloud-services
 spec:
-  refreshInterval: 1h
+  refreshInterval: 10m
   secretStoreRef:
     name: vault-backend
     kind: ClusterSecretStore