diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2bd9eeb..256a8bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ config.toml
 bin/
 data/
 dist/
+*.idea/
diff --git a/contrib/helm/calert/README.md b/contrib/helm/calert/README.md
index 9b8b7a8..b3ebd38 100644
--- a/contrib/helm/calert/README.md
+++ b/contrib/helm/calert/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Change the values according to the need of the environment in ``contrib/helm/cal
 | resources.limits.memory | string | `"48Mi"` |  |
 | resources.requests.cpu | string | `"5m"` |  |
 | resources.requests.memory | string | `"24Mi"` |  |
+| priorityClassName | string | `""` |  |
 | nodeSelector | object | `{}` |  |
 | tolerations | list | `[]` |  |
 | affinity | object | `{}` |  |
diff --git a/contrib/helm/calert/templates/deployment.yaml b/contrib/helm/calert/templates/deployment.yaml
index 48bbf88..ed2dd86 100644
--- a/contrib/helm/calert/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/contrib/helm/calert/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ spec:
     {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ . }}
     {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
diff --git a/contrib/helm/calert/values.yaml b/contrib/helm/calert/values.yaml
index 049be9a..e24f5d9 100644
--- a/contrib/helm/calert/values.yaml
+++ b/contrib/helm/calert/values.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ resources:
     cpu: 5m
     memory: 24Mi
 
+priorityClassName: ""
+
 nodeSelector: {}
 
 tolerations: []