diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9356fd8..981c55e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,11 +13,22 @@ cat <<EOF > values.yaml
 replicaCount: 1
 
 deployment:
-  image: quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai:latest
+  image:
+    repository: quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai  # Example: "docker.io/myapp"
+    tag: latest    
   env:
     threads: 4
     context_size: 512
   modelsPath: "/models"
+  download_model:
+    # To use cloud provided (eg AWS) image, provide it like: 1234356789.dkr.ecr.us-REGION-X.amazonaws.com/busybox
+    image: busybox
+  prompt_templates:
+    # To use cloud provided (eg AWS) image, provide it like: 1234356789.dkr.ecr.us-REGION-X.amazonaws.com/busybox
+    image: busybox
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  imagePullSecrets: []
+    # - name: secret-names
 
 resources:
   {}
@@ -50,31 +61,51 @@ models:
   # The list of URLs to download models from
   # Note: the name of the file will be the name of the loaded model
   list:
-    - url: "https://gpt4all.io/models/ggml-gpt4all-j.bin"
+  #  - url: "https://gpt4all.io/models/ggml-gpt4all-j.bin"
       # basicAuth: base64EncodedCredentials
 
-  # Persistent storage for models and prompt templates.
-  # PVC and HostPath are mutually exclusive. If both are enabled,
-  # PVC configuration takes precedence. If neither are enabled, ephemeral
-  # storage is used.
-  persistence:
-    pvc:
-      enabled: false
-      size: 6Gi
-      accessModes:
-        - ReadWriteOnce
-
-      annotations: {}
-
-      # Optional
-      storageClass: ~
-
-    hostPath:
-      enabled: false
-      path: "/models"
+initContainers: []
+# Example:
+# - name: my-init-container
+#   image: my-init-image
+#   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+#   command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo init"]
+#   volumeMounts:
+#     - name: my-volume
+#       mountPath: /path/to/mount
+
+sidecarContainers: []
+# Example:
+# - name: my-sidecar-container
+#   image: my-sidecar-image
+#   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+#   ports:
+#     - containerPort: 1234
+
+# Persistent storage for models and prompt templates.
+# PVC and HostPath are mutually exclusive. If both are enabled,
+# PVC configuration takes precedence. If neither are enabled, ephemeral
+# storage is used.
+persistence:
+  models: 
+    enabled: true
+    annotations: {}
+    storageClass: longhorn
+    accessModes: ReadWriteMany
+    size: 100Gi
+    globalMount: /models
+  images:
+    enabled: true
+    annotations: {}
+    storageClass: longhorn
+    accessModes: ReadWriteMany
+    size: 5Gi
+    globalMount: /tmp/generated/images
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
+  # If deferring to an internal only load balancer
+  # externalTrafficPolicy: Local
   port: 80
   annotations: {}
   # If using an AWS load balancer, you'll need to override the default 60s load balancer idle timeout
@@ -103,6 +134,8 @@ tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
 
+
+
 ```
 Install the LocalAI chart:
 ```bash
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/Chart.yaml b/charts/local-ai/Chart.yaml
index e4e9a6e..766f458 100644
--- a/charts/local-ai/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/local-ai/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ appVersion: 1.40
 description: A Helm chart for deploying LocalAI to a Kubernetes cluster
 name: local-ai
 type: application
-version: 2.1.3
+version: 3.0.0
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/templates/_pvc.yaml b/charts/local-ai/templates/_pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c468757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/local-ai/templates/_pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{{- define "local-ai.pvc" }}
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .name }}
+  namespace: {{ .namespace | quote }}
+  labels: {{ include "local-ai.labels" .labels | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  {{- with .storageClass }}
+  storageClassName: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  accessModes:
+    {{- range .accessModes }}
+    - {{ . | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .size | quote }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/local-ai/templates/deployment.yaml
index b1d97c0..af33e97 100644
--- a/charts/local-ai/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/local-ai/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -27,11 +27,33 @@ spec:
         checksum/config-prompt-templates: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap-prompt-templates.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         {{- end }}
     spec:
-    {{- with .Values.deployment.imagePullSecrets }}
+      {{- with .Values.deployment.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-    {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       initContainers:
+        # Additional initContainers from values.yaml
+        {{- range .Values.initContainers }}
+        - name: {{ .name }}
+          image: {{ .image }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .imagePullPolicy }}
+          command: {{ .command }}
+          args: {{ .args | default list }}
+          env:
+            {{- toYaml .env | nindent 12 }}
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .resources | nindent 12 }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            {{- toYaml .volumeMounts | nindent 12 }}
+            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
+              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
+              - name: {{ $key }}
+                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- end }} 
         {{- if .Values.promptTemplates }}
         - name: prompt-templates
           image: {{ .Values.deployment.prompt_templates.image }}
@@ -43,8 +65,12 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /prompt-templates
               name: prompt-templates
-            - mountPath: /models
-              name: models
+            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
+              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
+              - name: {{ $key }}
+                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
         - name: download-model
           image: {{ .Values.deployment.download_model.image }}
@@ -55,74 +81,119 @@ spec:
               MODEL_DIR={{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
               FORCE_DOWNLOAD={{ .Values.models.forceDownload }}
               URLS="{{ $urls }}"
+              LOCK_DIR=/tmp/model-download-locks
 
               mkdir -p "$MODEL_DIR"
+              mkdir -p "$LOCK_DIR"
+              mkdir -p "/tmp/generated/images"
+              mkdir -p "/tmp/generated/audio"
+              rm -rf "/models/lost+found"
+
 
-              # Split urls on commas
               echo "$URLS" | awk -F, '{for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) print $i}' | while read -r line; do
                   url=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
                   auth=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}')
+                  full_filename=$(basename "$url" .bin)
+                  short_filename=$(echo "$full_filename" | cut -c1-20)
+                  hash=$(echo "$full_filename" | sha256sum | cut -c1-12)
+                  filename="${short_filename}_${hash}"
+                  lockfile="$LOCK_DIR/$filename.lock"
 
-                  if [ -n "$url" ]; then
-                      filename=$(basename "$url" .bin)
-
-                      if [ "$FORCE_DOWNLOAD" = false ] && [ -f "$MODEL_DIR/$filename" ]; then
-                          echo "File $filename already exists. Skipping download."
-                          continue
-                      fi
+                  if [ -e "$MODEL_DIR/$filename" ]; then
+                      echo "File $filename already exists. Skipping download."
+                      continue
+                  fi
 
-                      rm -f "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
+                  if [ -e "$lockfile" ]; then
+                      echo "Another pod is downloading $filename. Waiting for download to complete."
+                      while [ -e "$lockfile" ]; do sleep 1; done
+                      continue
+                  fi
 
-                      echo "Downloading $filename"
+                  touch "$lockfile"
 
-                      if [ -n "$auth" ]; then
-                          wget --header "Authorization: Basic $auth" "$url" -O "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
-                      else
-                          wget "$url" -O "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
-                      fi
+                  echo "Downloading $filename"
+                  if [ -n "$auth" ]; then
+                      wget --header "Authorization: Basic $auth" "$url" -O "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
+                  else
+                      wget "$url" -O "$MODEL_DIR/$filename"
+                  fi
 
-                      if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
-                          echo "Download failed."
-                      else
-                          echo "Download completed."
-                      fi
+                  if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
+                      echo "Download failed."
+                      rm -f "$lockfile"
+                      exit 1
+                  else
+                      echo "Download completed."
+                      rm -f "$lockfile"
                   fi
               done
           volumeMounts:
-          - mountPath: {{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
-            name: models
+            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
+              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
+              - name: {{ $key }}
+                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
       containers:
+        # Sidecar containers from values.yaml
+        {{- range .Values.sidecarContainers }}
+        - name: {{ .name }}
+          image: {{ .image }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .imagePullPolicy }}
+          command: {{ .command }}
+          args: {{ .args | default list }}
+          env:
+            {{- toYaml .env | nindent 12 }}
+          ports:
+            {{- toYaml .ports | nindent 12 }}
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .resources | nindent 12 }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            {{- toYaml .volumeMounts | nindent 12 }}
+            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
+              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
+              - name: {{ $key }}
+                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            {{- toYaml .livenessProbe | nindent 12 }}
+          readinessProbe:
+            {{- toYaml .readinessProbe | nindent 12 }}
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- end }}
         - name: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}
-          image: {{ .Values.deployment.image }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.deployment.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.deployment.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.deployment.pullPolicy }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
           env:
-          {{- range $key, $value := .Values.deployment.env }}
-          - name: {{ $key | upper }}
-            value: {{ quote $value }}
-          {{- end }}
-          - name: MODELS_PATH
-            value: {{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
+            {{- range $key, $value := .Values.deployment.env }}
+            - name: {{ $key | upper }}
+              value: {{ quote $value }}
+            {{- end }}
+            - name: MODELS_PATH
+              value: {{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
           volumeMounts:
-          - mountPath: {{ .Values.deployment.modelsPath }}
-            name: models
+            {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
+              {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
+              - name: {{ $key }}
+                mountPath: {{ $pvc.globalMount | default (print "/" $key) }}
+              {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
       volumes:
-      {{- if .Values.models.persistence.pvc.enabled }}
-      - name: models
-        persistentVolumeClaim:
-          claimName: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}
-      {{- else if .Values.models.persistence.hostPath.enabled }}
-      - name: models
-        hostPath:
-          path: {{ .Values.models.persistence.hostPath.path }}
-      {{- else }}
-      - name: models
-        emptyDir: {}
-      {{- end }}
-      - name: prompt-templates
-        configMap:
-          name: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}-prompt-templates
+        {{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
+          {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
+          - name: {{ $key }}
+            persistentVolumeClaim:
+              claimName: {{ printf "%s-%s" (include "local-ai.fullname" $) $key }}
+          {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
+        - name: prompt-templates
+          configMap:
+            name: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}-prompt-templates
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/templates/pvc-models.yaml b/charts/local-ai/templates/pvc-models.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dae93af..0000000
--- a/charts/local-ai/templates/pvc-models.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.models.persistence.pvc.enabled }}
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: {{ template "local-ai.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace | quote }}
-  labels: {{ include "local-ai.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- with .Values.models.persistence.pvc.annotations }}
-  annotations:
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
-spec:
-  {{- with .Values.models.persistence.pvc.storageClass }}
-  storageClassName: {{ . }}
-  {{- end }}
-  {{- range .Values.models.persistence.pvc.accessModes }}
-  accessModes:
-    - {{ . | quote }}
-  {{- end }}
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      storage: {{ .Values.models.persistence.pvc.size | quote }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/templates/pvcs.yaml b/charts/local-ai/templates/pvcs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..356a63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/local-ai/templates/pvcs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{- range $key, $pvc := .Values.persistence }}
+  {{- if $pvc.enabled }}
+    {{- include "local-ai.pvc" (dict "name" (printf "%s-%s" (include "local-ai.fullname" $) $key) "namespace" $.Release.Namespace "labels" (include "local-ai.labels" $) "annotations" $pvc.annotations "storageClass" $pvc.storageClass "accessModes" $pvc.accessModes "size" $pvc.size) }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/local-ai/values.yaml b/charts/local-ai/values.yaml
index 270135c..ed51428 100644
--- a/charts/local-ai/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/local-ai/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 replicaCount: 1
 
 deployment:
-  image: quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai:latest
+  image:
+    repository: quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai  # Example: "docker.io/myapp"
+    tag: latest    
   env:
     threads: 4
     context_size: 512
@@ -50,25 +52,43 @@ models:
   #  - url: "https://gpt4all.io/models/ggml-gpt4all-j.bin"
       # basicAuth: base64EncodedCredentials
 
-  # Persistent storage for models and prompt templates.
-  # PVC and HostPath are mutually exclusive. If both are enabled,
-  # PVC configuration takes precedence. If neither are enabled, ephemeral
-  # storage is used.
-  persistence:
-    pvc:
-      enabled: false
-      size: 6Gi
-      accessModes:
-        - ReadWriteOnce
-
-      annotations: {}
-
-      # Optional
-      storageClass: ~
-
-    hostPath:
-      enabled: false
-      path: "/models"
+initContainers: []
+# Example:
+# - name: my-init-container
+#   image: my-init-image
+#   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+#   command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo init"]
+#   volumeMounts:
+#     - name: my-volume
+#       mountPath: /path/to/mount
+
+sidecarContainers: []
+# Example:
+# - name: my-sidecar-container
+#   image: my-sidecar-image
+#   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+#   ports:
+#     - containerPort: 1234
+
+# Persistent storage for models and prompt templates.
+# PVC and HostPath are mutually exclusive. If both are enabled,
+# PVC configuration takes precedence. If neither are enabled, ephemeral
+# storage is used.
+persistence:
+  models: 
+    enabled: true
+    annotations: {}
+    storageClass: hostPath
+    accessModes: ReadWriteMany
+    size: 10Gi
+    globalMount: /models
+  output:
+    enabled: true
+    annotations: {}
+    storageClass: hostPAth
+    accessModes: ReadWriteMany
+    size: 5Gi
+    globalMount: /tmp/generated
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
@@ -102,6 +122,3 @@ tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
 
-image:
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-