diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d3561be1..f52f6a230 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ lerna-debug.log*
 
 # NotifyBC
 **/*.local.*
+!/helm/values.local.yaml
 /server/database/**
 !/server/database/.keep
 /server/certs/**
diff --git a/helm/README.md b/helm/README.md
index 11d2b044b..2a20f00b1 100644
--- a/helm/README.md
+++ b/helm/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 3. Move the new `.tgz` file to the `docs/` directory (`mv notify-bc-[version].tgz ../docs/helm`).
 4. Update `docs/helm/index.yaml` to list the new package (`helm repo index ../docs/helm`).
 
+## Deploying to local Kubernetes cluster (Docker Desktop)
+1. Ensure Docker Desktop has Kubernetes enabled (Settings > Kubernetes > Enable Kubernetes).
+2. Ensure you are on the `docker-desktop` context (should be the current context when running `kubectl config get-contexts`).
+3. From project root, deploy to the Kubernetes cluster using the Helm command `helm install local -f ./helm/values.local.yaml ./helm/`.
+   - `local` in the example is the release name and can be changed to any name you want.
+   - `values.local.yaml` is a values file that changes configurations so the deployment will work locally.
+   - To add any other custom values (to change the image version, for example), add another `-f` flag pointing to your values yaml file.
+4. To undo a deployment, run the command `helm delete local`.
+   - If you used a different release name in the previous step, replace `local` with that release name.
+
 ## Deploying to OpenShift
 1. In this example we will be deploying to `dev`, so a file named `values.dev.local.yaml` should exist and contain values specific to the `dev` instance.
 1. Run `helm install dev -f platform-specific/openshift.yaml -f values.yaml -f values.dev.local.yaml ./`
diff --git a/helm/values.local.yaml b/helm/values.local.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b80028bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/values.local.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+image:
+  repository: ghcr.io/bcgov/des-notify-bc
+  pullPolicy: Always
+  # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
+  tag: 'latest'
+fluentbit:
+  persistence:
+    # Overrides netapp-file-backup which is only valid in OpenShift.
+    storageClassName: hostpath
+cronJob:
+  # Overrides netapp-file-backup which is only valid in OpenShift.
+  storageClassName: hostpath
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index 6021aad54..77879dc75 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -202,14 +202,25 @@ fluentbit:
     service: ""
     inputs: |
       [INPUT]
-          Name tail
-          Path /tmp/logs/*.log
-          Tag app.access.log
-          Mem_Buf_Limit 5MB
+          Name            tail
+          Path            /tmp/logs/*.log
+          Tag             app.access.log
+          Mem_Buf_Limit   5MB
           Skip_Long_Lines Off
-    filters: ""
+    filters: |
+      [FILTER]
+          Name  Lua
+          Match *
+          call  append_tag
+          code  function append_tag(tag, timestamp, record) new_record = record new_record["datestamp"] = os.date("%Y%m%d", timestamp) return 1, timestamp, new_record end
+
+      [FILTER]
+          Name          rewrite_tag
+          Match         app.access.log
+          Rule          $datestamp ^(.*)$ $datestamp.app.access.log false
+          Emitter_Name  re_emitted
     outputs: |
       [OUTPUT]
-          Name file
+          Name  file
           Match *
-          Path /tmp/pvc/
+          Path  /tmp/pvc/