diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/main.tf b/deploy/kubernetes/main.tf
index 69282e8..cb5faf9 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/main.tf
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/main.tf
@@ -76,20 +76,10 @@ variable "thumbservice_password" {
   type = string
 }
 
-
-locals {
-  requests = defaults(var.requests,
-    {
-      cpu    = "250m"
-      memory = "50Mi"
-    }
-  )
-  limits = defaults(var.limits,
-    {
-      cpu    = "1"
-      memory = "512Mi"
-    }
-  )
+variable "photolib_args" {
+  type        = list(string)
+  description = "additional arguments for the photolib daemon"
+  default     = []
 }
 
 
@@ -127,6 +117,7 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "photolib" {
         container {
           name  = "web"
           image = var.image
+          args  = var.photolib_args
 
           env {
             name  = "DATABASE_URL"