diff --git a/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/deployments/nexus-deployment.yaml b/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/deployments/nexus-deployment.yaml
index 1270efc..5a6a1b1 100644
--- a/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/deployments/nexus-deployment.yaml
+++ b/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/deployments/nexus-deployment.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{ .Values.nexus.name }}
       creationTimestamp: null
+    volumes:
+    - name: molgenis-nexus-data
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: molgenis-nexus-data
     spec:
       restartPolicy: {{ .Values.nexus.restartPolicy }}
       containers:
@@ -27,3 +31,7 @@ spec:
         ports:
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.nexus.port.ui }}
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.nexus.port.docker }}
+    volumeMounts:
+    - name: molgenis-nexus-data
+      mountPath: "/nexus-data"
+
diff --git a/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/volumes/nexus-pv.yaml b/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/volumes/nexus-pv.yaml
index 57e9639..169280c 100644
--- a/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/volumes/nexus-pv.yaml
+++ b/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/volumes/nexus-pv.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   storageClassName: nfs-class
   capacity:
-    storage: 5Gi
+    storage: 50Gi
   accessModes:
     - ReadWriteMany
   persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
diff --git a/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/volumes/nexus-pvc.yaml b/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/volumes/nexus-pvc.yaml
index c0c7f68..603ecef 100644
--- a/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/volumes/nexus-pvc.yaml
+++ b/nexus/v0.1.x/templates/volumes/nexus-pvc.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ spec:
     - ReadWriteMany
   resources:
     requests:
-      storage: 5Gi
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+      storage: 50Gi
\ No newline at end of file