diff --git a/charts/common/Chart.yaml b/charts/common/Chart.yaml
index bab1902..a95aebd 100644
--- a/charts/common/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/common/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ type: library
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.1.1
+version: 0.1.2
diff --git a/charts/common/templates/_images.tpl b/charts/common/templates/_images.tpl
index 64c2b5d..877a3e5 100644
--- a/charts/common/templates/_images.tpl
+++ b/charts/common/templates/_images.tpl
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ Return the proper Image Registry Secret Names evaluating values as templates
     {{- end -}}
   {{- end -}}
 
+{{/* 
+  Checks for the imagePullPolicy 
+*/}}
+{{- define "common.imagePullPolicy" -}}
+  {{- if .Values.global.imagePullPolicy -}}
+    {{- .Values.global.imagePullPolicy -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- default .Values.imagePullPolicy -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
   {{- if (not (empty $pullSecrets)) }}
 imagePullSecrets:
     {{- range $pullSecrets | uniq }}