diff --git a/k8s/core/prom-stack/external-secrets.yaml b/k8s/core/prom-stack/external-secrets.yaml
index 29a703a..49c2332 100644
--- a/k8s/core/prom-stack/external-secrets.yaml
+++ b/k8s/core/prom-stack/external-secrets.yaml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ spec:
         bot-token: |-
           {{ .bot_token }}
         chat-id: |-
-          "{{ .chat_id }}"
+          {{ .chat_id }}
   data:
     - secretKey: bot_token
       sourceRef:
diff --git a/k8s/core/prom-stack/grafana-alerting-configmap.yaml b/k8s/core/prom-stack/grafana-alerting-configmap.yaml
index cb04acf..89c0d0b 100644
--- a/k8s/core/prom-stack/grafana-alerting-configmap.yaml
+++ b/k8s/core/prom-stack/grafana-alerting-configmap.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ data:
             disableResolveMessage: false
             settings:
               bottoken: $TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
-              chatid: $TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID
+              chatid: "$TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID"
               message: |
                 {{ if eq .Status "firing" }}🔥 FIRING{{ else }}✅ RESOLVED{{ end }}