diff --git a/charts/sapl/v0.2.0/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/sapl/v0.2.0/templates/deployment.yaml
index fe56b44..47e49eb 100644
--- a/charts/sapl/v0.2.0/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/sapl/v0.2.0/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ spec:
       affinity:
         podAffinity:
           preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          {{- if eq .Values.persistence.accessMode "ReadWriteOnce" }}
             - weight: 100
               podAffinityTerm:
                 labelSelector:
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ spec:
                     values:
                     - {{ .Release.Name }}
                 topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+          {{- end }}
             - weight: 50
               podAffinityTerm:
                 labelSelector: