diff --git a/template/deployments/helm/charts/production.yaml b/template/deployments/helm/charts/production.yaml
index 58cbd3de..92d65a30 100644
--- a/template/deployments/helm/charts/production.yaml
+++ b/template/deployments/helm/charts/production.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 image:
   repository: "{{APPNAME}}"
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  pullPolicy: Always
   tag: "latest"
 service:
   annotations: {}
diff --git a/template/deployments/helm/charts/values.yaml b/template/deployments/helm/charts/values.yaml
index 65b0f17e..4e0d08d4 100644
--- a/template/deployments/helm/charts/values.yaml
+++ b/template/deployments/helm/charts/values.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ containerPort: {{PORT}}
 image:
   repository: {{IMAGENAME}}
   tag: {{IMAGETAG}}
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  pullPolicy: Always
 
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
diff --git a/template/dockerfiles/python/Dockerfile b/template/dockerfiles/python/Dockerfile
index 9516b0c4..665a0119 100644
--- a/template/dockerfiles/python/Dockerfile
+++ b/template/dockerfiles/python/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ ENV PORT {{PORT}}
 EXPOSE {{PORT}}
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
-COPY requirements.txt ./
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+COPY requirements.tx[t] ./
+RUN [ -f requirements.txt ] && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["python"]
-CMD ["{{ENTRYPOINT}}"]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD ["{{ENTRYPOINT}}"]
diff --git a/test/templates/helm/charts/production.yaml b/test/templates/helm/charts/production.yaml
index 725c98e5..dc887970 100644
--- a/test/templates/helm/charts/production.yaml
+++ b/test/templates/helm/charts/production.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 image:
   repository: "test"
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  pullPolicy: Always
   tag: "latest"
 service:
   annotations: {}
diff --git a/test/templates/helm/charts/values.yaml b/test/templates/helm/charts/values.yaml
index 2cf3f276..940d630e 100644
--- a/test/templates/helm/charts/values.yaml
+++ b/test/templates/helm/charts/values.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ containerPort: 8080
 
 image:
   repository: test
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  pullPolicy: Always
   # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
   tag: "latest"
 
diff --git a/test/templates/helm_prod_values.yaml b/test/templates/helm_prod_values.yaml
index 5449216c..956e85cd 100644
--- a/test/templates/helm_prod_values.yaml
+++ b/test/templates/helm_prod_values.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 image:
   repository: "prodImage"
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  tag: "latest"
\ No newline at end of file
+  pullPolicy: Always
+  tag: "latest"