diff --git a/misc/dmaapbc b/misc/dmaapbc
index cef472e..0dff4d6 100644
--- a/misc/dmaapbc
+++ b/misc/dmaapbc
@@ -74,8 +74,17 @@
 	$APP_ROOT/misc/cert-client-init.sh
 	. misc/havecert.tmpl > etc/havecert
 	chmod +x etc/havecert
-	. misc/dmaapbc.properties.tmpl > etc/dmaapbc.properties
-    . misc/PolicyEngineApi.properties.tmpl > config/PolicyEngineApi.properties
+
+	# These files might be better provided in kubernetes configmaps
+	# so if they are already there, don't overwrite.
+	if [ ! -f etc/dmaapbc.properties ]
+	then
+		. misc/dmaapbc.properties.tmpl > etc/dmaapbc.properties
+	fi
+	if [ ! -f config/PolicyEngineApi.properties ]
+	then
+    		. misc/PolicyEngineApi.properties.tmpl > config/PolicyEngineApi.properties
+	fi
 	set +x
 }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ccf82e2..2a0474f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <jettyVersion>9.3.8.RC0</jettyVersion>
     <eelf.version>0.0.1</eelf.version>
-    <artifact.version>1.0.21</artifact.version>
+    <artifact.version>1.0.22</artifact.version>
     <!--  SONAR  -->
     <jacoco.version>0.7.7.201606060606</jacoco.version>
     <sonar-jacoco-listeners.version>3.2</sonar-jacoco-listeners.version>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index acfc935..7408ce8 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 major=1
 minor=0
-patch=21
+patch=22
 base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
 
 # Release must be completed with git revision # in Jenkins