diff --git a/monitoring/openshift/grafana_container_image.template b/monitoring/openshift/grafana_container_image.template
index c319fbe1..ebdb76dc 100644
--- a/monitoring/openshift/grafana_container_image.template
+++ b/monitoring/openshift/grafana_container_image.template
@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ image:
  repository: __IMAGE_REPO_2LEVEL__
  tag: __IMAGE_TAG__
  pullPolicy: __IMAGE_PULL_POLICY__
-#### pullSecrets: __IMAGE_PULL_SECRETS__ 
+# pullSecrets: __IMAGE_PULL_SECRETS__          #overridden by global setting
 
+sidecar:
+  image:
+#    registry: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_REGISTRY__      #overridden by global setting
+    repository: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_REPO_2LEVEL__ 
+    tag: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_TAG__
+  imagePullPolicy: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY__
+
+## We do NOT deploy the initChownData container
 #initChownData:
 #  image:
 #    registry: __INITCHOWN_IMAGE_REGISTRY__
@@ -18,12 +26,4 @@ image:
 #  pullSecrets:
 #  -name:  __INITCHOWN_IMAGE_PULL_SECRETS__
 
-#sidecar:
-#  image:
-#    registry: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_REGISTRY__
-#    repository: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_REPO_2LEVEL__
-#    tag: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_TAG__
-#  pullPolicy: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY__
-#  #pullSecrets:                            #NOT present in Helm chart but should it be?
-#  #- name:__SIDECAR_IMAGE_PULL_SECRETS__   #NOT present in Helm chart but should it be?
 
diff --git a/monitoring/prom-operator_container_image.template b/monitoring/prom-operator_container_image.template
index 45dbd713..ab48f65f 100644
--- a/monitoring/prom-operator_container_image.template
+++ b/monitoring/prom-operator_container_image.template
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ grafana:
   image:
     repository: __GRAFANA_IMAGE_REPO_2LEVEL__
     tag: __GRAFANA_IMAGE_TAG__
-    ### TO DO: use tag: key here to peg
-    ###        to a specific version??
+    pullPolicy: __GRAFANA_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY__
   sidecar:
     image:
       repository: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_REPO_2LEVEL__
       tag: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_TAG__
+    imagePullPolicy: __SIDECAR_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY__
+
 
 ## Kube-State-Metrics
 kube-state-metrics: