diff --git a/deploy/charts/reporter/templates/cronjob.yaml b/deploy/charts/reporter/templates/cronjob.yaml
index 1a50f7abd..d14abe345 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/reporter/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/reporter/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ spec:
             command:
             - /bin/sh
             - -c
-            - reporter report env k8s {{ required ".Values.reporterConfig.merkelyEnvironmentName is required" .Values.reporterConfig.merkelyEnvironmentName }} --namespace {{ .Values.reporterConfig.namespaces }} --owner {{ required ".Values.reporterConfig.merkelyOwner is required" .Values.reporterConfig.merkelyOwner }} {{ if .Values.reporterConfig.dryRun }}--dry-run{{ end }}
+            - reporter report env k8s {{ required ".Values.reporterConfig.merkelyEnvironmentName is required" .Values.reporterConfig.merkelyEnvironmentName }} --namespace {{ .Values.reporterConfig.namespaces | quote }} --owner {{ required ".Values.reporterConfig.merkelyOwner is required" .Values.reporterConfig.merkelyOwner }} {{ if .Values.reporterConfig.dryRun }}--dry-run{{ end }}
+            resources:
+{{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 14 }}
           restartPolicy: OnFailure
diff --git a/deploy/charts/reporter/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/reporter/values.yaml
index 67b2f7498..a15a06fbb 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/reporter/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/reporter/values.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,13 @@ reporterConfig:
 
 # -- any custom annotations to be added to the cronjob
 podAnnotations: {}
+
+resources: 
+  requests:
+    # -- the memory request
+    memory: "64Mi"
+  limits:
+    # -- the memory limit
+    memory: "256Mi"
+    # -- the cpu limit
+    cpu: "100m"
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