diff --git a/kubernetes/helm_charts/nginx-public-ingress/values.j2 b/kubernetes/helm_charts/nginx-public-ingress/values.j2
index 9e32de597ea12ba905a5163475221436a7386852..9aef5b35755ba16a796c3aa1ece3b7fa49025439 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm_charts/nginx-public-ingress/values.j2
+++ b/kubernetes/helm_charts/nginx-public-ingress/values.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#jinja2:lstrip_blocks: True
 namespace: {{ namespace }}
 proxyconfig: |
   {% if proto=='https' %}