diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 116ccfd..298927e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MINIO_PV_FILE := kubernetes/storage/minio-pv.yaml
 MINIO_DEPLOYMENT_FILE := kubernetes/storage/minio-deployment.yaml
 MINIO_SERVICE_FILE := kubernetes/services/minio-service.yaml
 
-MANAGER_SERVICE_FILE := kubernetes/service/manager-service.yaml
+MANAGER_SERVICE_FILE := kubernetes/services/manager-service.yaml
 MANAGER_DEPLOYMENT_FILE := kubernetes/deployments/manager-service-statefull-set.yaml
 
 
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ ROLES_CREATE_FILE := kubernetes/roles/job-creator-role.yaml
 ROLES_ROLESBIND := kubernetes/roles/job-creator-rolebinding.yaml
 
 
+
+
 # Targets
 .PHONY: deploy
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ deploy:
 	kubectl create -f $(AUTH_DEPLOYMENT_FILE)
 	kubectl create -f $(AUTH_SERVICE_FILE)
 	kubectl create -f $(CASSANDRA_SERVICE_FILE)
-	kubectl create -f $(CASSANDRA_STORAGE_FILE)
+	#kubectl create -f $(CASSANDRA_STORAGE_FILE)
 	kubectl create -f $(CASSANDRA_DEPLOYMENT_FILE)
 	kubectl create -f $(MINIO_STORAGE_FILE)
 	kubectl create -f $(MINIO_PV_FILE)
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ deploy:
 
 
 
+
 .PHONY: clean
 
 clean:
@@ -65,4 +68,4 @@ clean:
 	kubectl delete -f $(MANAGER_SERVICE_FILE)
 	kubectl delete -f $(MANAGER_DEPLOYMENT_FILE)
 	kubectl delete -f $(ROLES_CREATE_FILE)
-	kubectl delete -f $(ROLES_ROLESBIND)
\ No newline at end of file
+	kubectl delete -f $(ROLES_ROLESBIND)
diff --git a/kubernetes/dds/cassandra-statefulset.yaml b/kubernetes/dds/cassandra-statefulset.yaml
index 593da04..fce6945 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dds/cassandra-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dds/cassandra-statefulset.yaml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ spec:
           name: cql
         env:
         - name: CASSANDRA_SEEDS
-          value: cassandra-0.cassandra.dena.svc.cluster.local
+          value: "cassandra-0.cassandra.dena.svc.cluster.local"
         - name: MAX_HEAP_SIZE
-          value: 256M
+          value: "256M"
         - name: HEAP_NEWSIZE
-          value: 100M
+          value: "100M"
         - name: CASSANDRA_CLUSTER_NAME
           value: "Cassandra"
         - name: CASSANDRA_DC
@@ -41,18 +41,31 @@ spec:
         - name: CASSANDRA_RACK
           value: "Rack1"
         - name: CASSANDRA_ENDPOINT_SNITCH
-          value: GossipingPropertyFileSnitch
+          value: "GossipingPropertyFileSnitch"
+        lifecycle:
+          postStart:
+            exec:
+              command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", 
+                "echo \"Waiting for Cassandra to start...\"; 
+                while ! echo \"DESCRIBE KEYSPACES;\" | cqlsh; do sleep 2; done; 
+                echo \"Cassandra is ready! Initializing schema...\"; 
+                cqlsh -e \"CREATE KEYSPACE IF NOT EXISTS admins WITH replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': 1}; 
+                USE admins; 
+                CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (user_id UUID PRIMARY KEY, username TEXT, password TEXT); 
+                INSERT INTO users (user_id, username, password) VALUES (uuid(), 'admin', 'admin') IF NOT EXISTS; 
+                CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS roles (role_name TEXT PRIMARY KEY, permissions SET<TEXT>); 
+                INSERT INTO roles (role_name, permissions) VALUES ('admin', {'CREATE', 'ALTER', 'DROP', 'SELECT', 'MODIFY'}) IF NOT EXISTS;\""]
         volumeMounts:
         - name: cassandra-data
-          mountPath: /var/lib/cassandra/data
+          mountPath: "/var/lib/cassandra/data"
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
       name: cassandra-data
-      namespace: dena
-      annotations:  # comment line if you want to use a StorageClass
-        volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-class: ""   # comment line if you want to use a StorageClass or specify which StorageClass
+      namespace: "dena"
+      annotations:
+        volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-class: "" 
     spec:
       accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
       resources:
         requests:
-          storage: 1Gi
+          storage: "1Gi"
diff --git a/kubernetes/dds/local-volumes.yaml b/kubernetes/dds/local-volumes.yaml
index eea7034..e56340e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dds/local-volumes.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dds/local-volumes.yaml
@@ -14,37 +14,37 @@ spec:
   hostPath:
     path: /tmp/data/cassandra-data-1
   persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Recycle
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolume
-metadata:
-  name: cassandra-data-2
-  namespace: dena
-  labels:
-    type: local
-    app: cassandra
-spec:
-  capacity:
-    storage: 1Gi
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  hostPath:
-    path: /tmp/data/cassandra-data-2
-  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Recycle
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolume
-metadata:
-  name: cassandra-data-3
-  namespace: dena
-  labels:
-    type: local
-    app: cassandra
-spec:
-  capacity:
-    storage: 1Gi
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  hostPath:
-    path: /tmp/data/cassandra-data-3
-  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Recycle
\ No newline at end of file
+# ---
+# apiVersion: v1
+# kind: PersistentVolume
+# metadata:
+#   name: cassandra-data-2
+#   namespace: dena
+#   labels:
+#     type: local
+#     app: cassandra
+# spec:
+#   capacity:
+#     storage: 1Gi
+#   accessModes:
+#     - ReadWriteOnce
+#   hostPath:
+#     path: /tmp/data/cassandra-data-2
+#   persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Recycle
+# ---
+# apiVersion: v1
+# kind: PersistentVolume
+# metadata:
+#   name: cassandra-data-3
+#   namespace: dena
+#   labels:
+#     type: local
+#     app: cassandra
+# spec:
+#   capacity:
+#     storage: 1Gi
+#   accessModes:
+#     - ReadWriteOnce
+#   hostPath:
+#     path: /tmp/data/cassandra-data-3
+#   persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Recycle
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing_scripts/tester.sh b/testing_scripts/tester.sh
index e5f335d..14fbc47 100755
--- a/testing_scripts/tester.sh
+++ b/testing_scripts/tester.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ kubectl delete -f minio-storage-class.yaml
 
 
 #fix for kubernetes storages
-kubectl patch pv cassandra-data-pv-1 -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers":null}}'
+kubectl patch pv cassandra-data-1 -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers":null}}'
 
 kubectl rollout restart deployment ui-deployment -n dena