diff --git a/apps/opencloud/opencloud-deployment.yaml b/apps/opencloud/opencloud-deployment.yaml
index a1c29dc..dcaf2ca 100644
--- a/apps/opencloud/opencloud-deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/opencloud/opencloud-deployment.yaml
@@ -70,22 +70,25 @@ spec:
           runAsGroup: 1000
           runAsNonRoot: true
       - name: init-config
-        image: alpine:3.18
+        image: busybox:1.36
         command:
           - sh
           - -c
           - |
-            # Install envsubst
-            apk add --no-cache gettext
-
             # Create output directory
             mkdir -p /etc/opencloud-processed
 
-            # Process the config template, expanding environment variables
-            envsubst < /etc/opencloud-template/opencloud.yaml > /etc/opencloud-processed/opencloud.yaml
+            # Simple variable expansion using shell
+            # Read template and expand ${VAR} patterns
+            while IFS= read -r line; do
+              # Expand ${OPENLDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
+              line=$(echo "$line" | sed "s|\${OPENLDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}|$OPENLDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD|g")
+              echo "$line"
+            done < /etc/opencloud-template/opencloud.yaml > /etc/opencloud-processed/opencloud.yaml
 
             echo "Config file processed successfully"
-            cat /etc/opencloud-processed/opencloud.yaml | head -20
+            echo "First 20 lines:"
+            head -20 /etc/opencloud-processed/opencloud.yaml
         env:
         # Pass all environment variables needed for substitution
         - name: OC_GRAPH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD