diff --git a/charts/chainlink-cluster/values.yaml b/charts/chainlink-cluster/values.yaml
index 4a4ec8f6752..2d217124585 100644
--- a/charts/chainlink-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/chainlink-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -258,6 +258,13 @@ tempo:
     runAsNonRoot: true
     runAsUser: 10001
     runAsGroup: 10001
+  storage:
+    trace:
+      backend: local            # backend configuration to use
+      wal:
+        path: /tmp/tempo/wal    # where to store the the wal locally
+      local:
+        path: /tmp/tempo/blocks
 
 grafana:
   enabled: true