diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/templates/statefulset.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/templates/statefulset.yaml
index aa3482d..92f05dd 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                 fieldPath: status.podIP
         volumeMounts:
           - name: cassandra-data
-            mountPath: /var/lib/cassandra/data
+            mountPath: /var/lib/cassandra
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 10 }}
       {{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/values.yaml
index 884bc39..baa87c2 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-cassandra/values.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   enabled: false
 
 persistence:
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
 
   ## A manually managed Persistent Volume and Claim
   ## Requires persistence.enabled: true