diff --git a/cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/example-database-init-job.yaml b/cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/init.yaml
similarity index 71%
rename from cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/example-database-init-job.yaml
rename to cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/init.yaml
index 0ec965a..5cb38d2 100644
--- a/cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/example-database-init-job.yaml
+++ b/cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/init.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ spec:
             # name of the user that the init job will grant access on the DB to
             - name: DB_USER
               value: "example_user"
+---
+apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
+kind: Certificate
+metadata:
+  name: cockroach-client
+spec:
+  commonName: example_user
+  secretName: cockroachdb.client.example_user
diff --git a/cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/kustomization.yaml b/cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/kustomization.yaml
index 77c02d5..0aa8c40 100644
--- a/cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/cockroachdb/example/cert-manager/db-init-manifests/example-database/kustomization.yaml
@@ -10,15 +10,4 @@ resources:
 namePrefix: example-database-
 
 patches:
-  - path: example-database-init-job.yaml
-  - patch: |-
-      - op: replace
-        path: /spec/commonName
-        value: "example_user"
-      - op: replace
-        path: /spec/secretName
-        value: "cockroachdb.client.example-user"
-    target:
-      kind: Certificate
-      name: cockroach-client
-      version: v1
+  - path: init.yaml