diff --git a/contrib/helm/harbor/templates/registry/registry-cm.yaml b/contrib/helm/harbor/templates/registry/registry-cm.yaml
index b1fd62997..9d470e038 100644
--- a/contrib/helm/harbor/templates/registry/registry-cm.yaml
+++ b/contrib/helm/harbor/templates/registry/registry-cm.yaml
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@ data:
   config.yml: |+
     version: 0.1
     log:
-      level: info
+      level: {{ .Values.registry.logLevel }}
       fields:
         service: registry
     storage:
       {{- if .Values.registry.objectStorage }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.registry.objectStorage | indent 6 }}
+      {{- else }}
+      filesystem:
+        rootdirectory: /var/lib/registry
       {{- end }}
       cache:
         layerinfo: inmemory
-      filesystem:
-        rootdirectory: /var/lib/registry
       maintenance:
         uploadpurging:
           enabled: false
diff --git a/contrib/helm/harbor/templates/registry/registry-ss.yaml b/contrib/helm/harbor/templates/registry/registry-ss.yaml
index 663394dd2..7231c4834 100644
--- a/contrib/helm/harbor/templates/registry/registry-ss.yaml
+++ b/contrib/helm/harbor/templates/registry/registry-ss.yaml
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 5000
         - containerPort: 5001
         volumeMounts:
+{{- if not .Values.registry.objectStorage }}
         - name: registry-data
           mountPath: /var/lib/registry
+{{- end }}
         - name: registry-root-certificate
           mountPath: /etc/registry/root.crt
           subPath: root.crt
@@ -44,20 +46,13 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /etc/registry/config.yml
           subPath: config.yml
       volumes:
-{{- if not .Values.registry.objectStorage }}
-{{- if not .Values.persistence.enabled }}
-      - name: registry-data
-        emptyDir: {}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
       - name: registry-root-certificate
         secret:
           secretName: "{{ template "harbor.fullname" . }}-registry"
       - name: registry-config
         configMap:
           name: "{{ template "harbor.fullname" . }}-registry"
-  {{- if not .Values.registry.objectStorage }}
-  {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
+  {{- if and (not .Values.registry.objectStorage) .Values.persistence.enabled }}
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
       name: "registry-data"
@@ -76,4 +71,3 @@ spec:
         requests:
           storage: {{ .Values.registry.volumes.data.size | quote }}
   {{- end -}}
-  {{- end -}}
diff --git a/contrib/helm/harbor/values.yaml b/contrib/helm/harbor/values.yaml
index 072ab80cc..3ebec0079 100644
--- a/contrib/helm/harbor/values.yaml
+++ b/contrib/helm/harbor/values.yaml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ registry:
     tag: v2.6.2-v1.4.0
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   httpSecret: not-a-secure-secret
-  logLevel:
+  logLevel: info
 # comment out one of the below to use your cloud's object storage.
 #  objectStorage:
 #    gcs: