diff --git a/kubernetes/helm_charts/sunbird-RC/certificatesign/configs/config.json b/kubernetes/helm_charts/sunbird-RC/certificatesign/configs/config.json
index 0909ace256587e342ffc0dd89fe92a1f7c421d57..98052b982e98cdae12c28bf1f5c61399eb6a48f1 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm_charts/sunbird-RC/certificatesign/configs/config.json
+++ b/kubernetes/helm_charts/sunbird-RC/certificatesign/configs/config.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "issuers": {
     "default": {
-      "publicKey": {{ CERTIFICATE_PUBLIC_KEY | default("") }},
-      "privateKey": {{ CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY | default("") }},
+      "publicKey": "{{ CERTIFICATESIGN_PUBLIC_KEY | default('') }}",
+      "privateKey": "{{ CERTIFICATESIGN_PRIVATE_KEY | default('') }}",
       "signatureType": "RSA",
       "verificationMethod": "did:india",
       "$comment": "The above are test keys and it needs to be replaced before going to production"
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm_charts/sunbird-RC/certificatesign/values.j2 b/kubernetes/helm_charts/sunbird-RC/certificatesign/values.j2
index 58d931b8611e4efdb07a3c6f791d764693d2db5c..9e6beb68d439a968ed5030b29295ffe406ca082b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm_charts/sunbird-RC/certificatesign/values.j2
+++ b/kubernetes/helm_charts/sunbird-RC/certificatesign/values.j2
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ certificatesignenv:
   PORT: "8079"
   QR_TYPE: {{ QR_TYPE|default('URL') }}
   CERTIFICATE_DOMAIN_URL: "https://{{domain_name}}"
-  CERTIFICATE_PUBLIC_KEY: {{CERTIFICATE_PUBLIC_KEY | default("''")}}
-  CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY: |-
-    {{ CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY | default("''") | indent(width=4) }}  
+  CERTIFICATE_PUBLIC_KEY: "{{ CERTIFICATESIGN_PUBLIC_KEY | default('') }}"
+  CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY: "{{ CERTIFICATESIGN_PRIVATE_KEY | default('') }}" 
   SIGNING_KEY_TYPE: "{{ SIGNING_KEY_TYPE|default('RSA')}}"
   CACHE_CONTEXT_URLS: "{{ cache_context_urls | default(upstream_url + '/schema/v1_context.json,' + upstream_url + '/schema/sunbird_context.json,' + upstream_url + '/schema/credential_template.json') }}"
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