diff --git a/chart/templates/httproute.yaml b/chart/templates/httproute.yaml
index 5d656c8..0c945dc 100644
--- a/chart/templates/httproute.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/httproute.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
 {{- if .Values.httpRoute.enabled -}}
-{{- $fullName := include "chart.fullname" . -}}
-{{- $svcPort := .Values.service.port -}}
-{{- $defaultGatewayName := .Values.gateway.name -}}
-{{- if not $defaultGatewayName -}}
-{{- $defaultGatewayName = printf "%s-gateway" $fullName -}}
-{{- end -}}
-{{- $defaultGatewayNs := .Release.Namespace -}}
-{{- if .Values.gateway.enabled -}}
-{{- $defaultGatewayNs = default .Release.Namespace .Values.gateway.namespace -}}
-{{- end -}}
 apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: HTTPRoute
 metadata:
-  name: {{ $fullName }}
+  name: {{ include "chart.fullname" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "chart.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- with .Values.httpRoute.annotations }}
@@ -23,14 +13,9 @@ spec:
   parentRefs:
     {{- if .Values.httpRoute.parentRefs }}
     {{- range $ref := .Values.httpRoute.parentRefs }}
-    - name: {{ default $defaultGatewayName $ref.name | quote }}
-      {{- $refNs := $ref.namespace | default $defaultGatewayNs -}}
-      namespace: {{ $refNs | quote }}
-      {{- with $ref.sectionName }}
-      sectionName: {{ . | quote }}
-      {{- else }}
-      sectionName: "http"
-      {{- end }}
+    - name: {{ $.Values.gateway.name | default $ref.name | quote }}
+      namespace: {{ $ref.namespace | default (default .Release.Namespace .Values.gateway.namespace) | quote }}
+      sectionName: {{ $ref.sectionName | default "http" | quote }}
       {{- with $ref.kind }}
       kind: {{ . | quote }}
       {{- end }}
@@ -40,8 +25,8 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
     {{- else }}
     # Default parentRef when parentRefs is empty or not set
-    - name: {{ $defaultGatewayName | quote }}
-      namespace: {{ $defaultGatewayNs | quote }}
+    - name: {{ .Values.gateway.name | default (printf "%s-gateway" (include "chart.fullName" .)) | quote }}
+      namespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.gateway.namespace | quote }}
       sectionName: "http"
     {{- end }}
   {{- with .Values.httpRoute.hostnames }}
@@ -59,8 +44,8 @@ spec:
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
       backendRefs:
-        - name: {{ $fullName }}
-          port: {{ $svcPort }}
+        - name: {{ include "chart.fullname" }}
+          port: {{ $.Values.service.port }}
           weight: 1
     {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 9f5fa18..2801907 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ image:
   # Image built from this repo's `Dockerfile` (nginx serving static frontend).
   repository: ghcr.io/alam00000/bentopdf-simple
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  tag: ""
+  tag: ''
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
-nameOverride: ""
-fullnameOverride: ""
+nameOverride: ''
+fullnameOverride: ''
 
 podAnnotations: {}
 podLabels: {}
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ env: []
 
 ingress:
   enabled: false
-  className: ""
+  className: ''
   annotations: {}
   hosts:
     - host: bentopdf.local
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ ingress:
 # Gateway API (optional)
 gateway:
   enabled: false
-  name: "" # default: release fullname + "-gateway" suffix
-  namespace: "" # to override the namespace
+  name: '' # default: release fullname + "-gateway" suffix
+  namespace: '' # to override the namespace
   annotations: {}
-  gatewayClassName: "" # required when enabled=true
+  gatewayClassName: '' # required when enabled=true
   listeners:
     - name: http
       protocol: HTTP
@@ -50,14 +50,13 @@ gateway:
           from: Same # Allow routes from the same namespace
 
 httpRoute:
-  enabled: false
-  annotations: {}
-  # parentRefs: # Omit entirely to use default (auto-references gateway in same namespace)
-  #   - name: "" # default: gateway.name or {release-name}-gateway
-  #     namespace: "" # to override the namespace
-  #     sectionName: "http"
+  enabled: true
+  parentRefs:
+    - name: existing-gateway
+      namespace: gateway-namespace
+      sectionName: http
   hostnames:
-    - bentopdf.local
+    - pdfs.example.com
   rules:
     - matches:
         - path: