diff --git a/charts/mariadb/Chart.yaml b/charts/mariadb/Chart.yaml
index d3aa1ae870ab611384c5d3cb0ddb195c51c665cb..473f510b57eb281f47d5d977559b6f5449102043 100644
--- a/charts/mariadb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/mariadb/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ type: application
 maintainers:
   - name: groundhog2k
 
-# This is the chart version.
-version: 0.2.0
+version: 0.2.1
 
-# This is the version number of the application being deployed.
 appVersion: "10.5.8"
diff --git a/charts/mariadb/README.md b/charts/mariadb/README.md
index 743755bf6f6d936d48687567175f8d3b78d0d9f7..65ec73bdd2a82b783e57d0c8c60dd1d2cb343439 100644
--- a/charts/mariadb/README.md
+++ b/charts/mariadb/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MariaDB
 
-![Version: 0.2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.2.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 10.5.8](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-10.5.8-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 0.2.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.2.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 10.5.8](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-10.5.8-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for MariaDB on Kubernetes
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ $ helm install my-release groundhog2k/mariadb
 
 This chart uses the original [MariaDB image from Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/_/mariadb) to deploy a stateful MariaDB instance in a Kubernetes cluster.
 
-It fully supports deployment of arm64v8 and amd64 multi-architecture docker image. Just set the `nodeSelector` value to `kubernetes.io/arch: "arm64"` (default is `"amd64"`)
+It fully supports deployment of the multi-architecture docker image.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ $ helm uninstall my-release
 | livenessProbe | object | `see values.yaml` | Liveness probe configuration |
 | readinessProbe | object | `see values.yaml` | Readiness probe configuration |
 | resources | object | `{}` | Resource limits and requests |
-| nodeSelector."kubernetes.io/arch" | string | `"amd64"` | Deployment node selector |
+| nodeSelector | object | `{}` | Deployment node selector |
 | podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Additional pod annotations |
 | podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Pod security context |
 | securityContext | object | `see values.yaml` | Container security context |
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ $ helm uninstall my-release
 | Key | Type | Default | Description |
 |-----|------|---------|-------------|
 | storage.accessModes[0] | string | `"ReadWriteOnce"` | Storage access mode |
-| storage.persistentVolumeClaimName | string | `""` | PVC name when existing storage volume should be used |
-| storage.requestedSize | string | `""` | Size for new PVC, when no existing PVC is used |
-| storage.className | string | `""` | Storage class name |
+| storage.persistentVolumeClaimName | string | `nil` | PVC name when existing storage volume should be used |
+| storage.requestedSize | string | `nil` | Size for new PVC, when no existing PVC is used |
+| storage.className | string | `nil` | Storage class name |
 
 ## MariaDB parameters
 
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ $ helm uninstall my-release
 | userDatabase.user | string | `""` | User name with full access to user database|
 | userDatabase.password | string | `""` | Password of created user (Random value if not specified) |
 | settings.rootPassword | string | `nil` | MariaDB root password (Random value if not specified) |
-| settings.arguments | string | `nil` | Additional arguments for mysqld (entrypoint process) |
-| customConfig | string | `""` | Additional MariaDB custom configuration mounted as custom.cnf |
+| settings.arguments | list | `[]` | Additional arguments for mysqld (entrypoint process) |
+| customConfig | string | `nil` | Additional MariaDB custom configuration mounted as custom.cnf |
diff --git a/charts/mariadb/templates/service.yaml b/charts/mariadb/templates/service.yaml
index 351d853a3c2171c23dc424b83e88adcb11174a46..3e1e564f9a970498b09bf3a0a858ab94aee655f2 100644
--- a/charts/mariadb/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/mariadb/templates/service.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "mariadb.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
-  clusterIP: None
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
   ports:
     - port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
       targetPort: sql
       protocol: TCP
       name: sql
+      {{- if and (eq .Values.service.type "NodePort") (.Values.service.nodePort) }}
+      nodePort: {{ .Values.service.nodePort }}
+      {{- end }}
+  {{- if and (eq .Values.service.type "LoadBalancer") (.Values.service.clusterIP) }}
+  clusterIP: {{ .Values.service.clusterIP }}
+  {{- end }}
   selector:
     {{- include "mariadb.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/mariadb/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/mariadb/templates/statefulset.yaml
index f58c09efc3b133bab6ad603131f013fbb9ded639..fa9a70c2b1637adc98f2b6099e2121a67903da10 100644
--- a/charts/mariadb/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/mariadb/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          {{- with .Values.securityContext  }}
           securityContext:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           ports:
diff --git a/charts/mariadb/values.yaml b/charts/mariadb/values.yaml
index e4a8f8e3f1e9f786c619b72cc5e4b1554746235c..6ebffc2ffccad95b1599b4c8ef505ae4d7b4f0b3 100644
--- a/charts/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ serviceAccount:
   # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
   name: ""
 
-## Default node type for the image
-## use arm64 for the arm64v8 image
-nodeSelector:
-  kubernetes.io/arch: amd64
+## Additional node selector
+nodeSelector: {}
 
 ## Additional pod annotations
 podAnnotations: {}
@@ -44,9 +42,14 @@ securityContext:
 
 ## Default database service port (default MySQL/MariaDB port)
 service:
+  type: ClusterIP
   port: 3306
+  ## The node port (only relevant for type NodePort)
+  nodePort: {}
+  ## The cluster ip address (only relevant for type LoadBalancer)
+  clusterIP: {}
 
-## Resource limits and requests
+# Resource limits and requests
 resources: {}
   # limits:
   #   cpu: 100m
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ env: []
 ## Database configuration
 settings:
   ## Arguments for the container entrypoint process
-  arguments:
+  arguments: []
   #  - --character-set-server=utf8mb4
   #  - --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
 
@@ -107,13 +110,13 @@ customConfig: |-
 ## Storage parameters
 storage:
   ##  Set persistentVolumenClaimName to reference an existing PVC
-  # persistentVolumeClaimName: <own-pvc-name>
+  persistentVolumeClaimName: {}
 
   ## Alternative set requestedSize to define a size for a dynmaically created PVC
-  # requestedSize: <volume-size>
+  requestedSize: {}
 
   ## the storage class name
-  # className:
+  className: {}
 
   ## Default access mode (ReadWriteOnce)
   accessModes: