diff --git a/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/operator-deployment.yaml b/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/operator-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05efdb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/operator-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{{- if .Values.promxy.enabled }}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "chart.fullname" . }}-promxy-operator
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "chart.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if .Values.promxy.operator.extraLabels}}
+    {{ toYaml .Values.promxy.operator.extraLabels | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end}}
+  {{- with .Values.promxy.operator.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  replicas: {{ .Values.promxy.operator.replicaCount }}
+  {{- if (.Values.promxy.operator.deployment | default dict).strategy }}
+  strategy:
+    {{- toYaml .Values.promxy.operator.deployment.strategy | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "chart.name" . }}
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}-operator
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "chart.name" . }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}-operator
+        {{- if .Values.promxy.operator.extraLabels}}
+        {{ toYaml .Values.promxy.operator.extraLabels | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end}}
+    spec:
+    {{- with .Values.promxy.operator.imagePullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ include "chart.serviceAccountName" . }}
+    {{- if .Values.promxy.operator.nodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector:
+{{ toYaml .Values.promxy.operator.nodeSelector | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .Values.promxy.operator.tolerations }}
+      tolerations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.promxy.operator.affinity }}
+      affinity:
+{{ toYaml .Values.promxy.operator.affinity | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+      containers:
+      - name: operator
+        command:
+        - "/manager"
+        env:
+          - name: "PROMXY_RELOAD_ENDPOINT"
+            value: "http://{{ .Release.Name }}-promxy:{{ .Values.promxy.service.servicePort }}/-/reload"
+        image: "{{ .Values.promxy.operator.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.promxy.operator.image.tag }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.promxy.operator.image.pullPolicy }}
+        livenessProbe:
+          failureThreshold: 6
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: http
+            scheme: HTTP
+          periodSeconds: 5
+          successThreshold: 1
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
+        readinessProbe:
+          failureThreshold: 120
+          httpGet:
+            path: /readyz
+            port: http
+            scheme: HTTP
+          periodSeconds: 5
+          successThreshold: 1
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8081
+          name: http
+        resources:
+          {{- toYaml .Values.promxy.operator.resources | nindent 12 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/deployment.yaml b/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/promxy-deployment.yaml
similarity index 80%
rename from charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/deployment.yaml
rename to charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/promxy-deployment.yaml
index ba866e5..65d9557 100644
--- a/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/promxy-deployment.yaml
@@ -52,34 +52,6 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml .Values.promxy.affinity | indent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
       containers:
-      - name: operator
-        command:
-        - "/manager"
-        image: "{{ .Values.promxy.operator.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.promxy.operator.image.tag }}"
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.promxy.operator.image.pullPolicy }}
-        livenessProbe:
-          failureThreshold: 6
-          httpGet:
-            path: /healthz
-            port: operator-http
-            scheme: HTTP
-          periodSeconds: 5
-          successThreshold: 1
-          timeoutSeconds: 3
-        readinessProbe:
-          failureThreshold: 120
-          httpGet:
-            path: /readyz
-            port: operator-http
-            scheme: HTTP
-          periodSeconds: 5
-          successThreshold: 1
-          timeoutSeconds: 3
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 8081
-          name: operator-http
-        resources:
-          {{- toYaml .Values.promxy.operator.resources | nindent 12 }}
       - name: promxy
         args:
         - "--config=/etc/promxy/config.yaml"
diff --git a/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/secret.yaml b/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/secret.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c63b369..0000000
--- a/charts/kof-mothership/templates/promxy/secret.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "chart.secretname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "chart.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-stringData:
-  config.yaml: |
-    global:
-      evaluation_interval: 5s
-      external_labels:
-        source: promxy
-    remote_write:
-      - url: {{ .Values.promxy.config.remoteWriteUrl | default | quote }}
-    promxy:
-      server_groups: []
diff --git a/promxy-operator/cmd/main.go b/promxy-operator/cmd/main.go
index 72a7304..bfa3191 100644
--- a/promxy-operator/cmd/main.go
+++ b/promxy-operator/cmd/main.go
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ func main() {
 	opts.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if endpoint, ok := os.LookupEnv("PROMXY_RELOAD_ENDPOINT"); ok {
+		promxyReloadEnpoint = endpoint
+	}
+
 	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&opts)))
 
 	// if the enable-http2 flag is false (the default), http/2 should be disabled