diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/_helpers.tpl
index affe636359..3b95b017a6 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ template:
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.videoRecorder.imagePullPolicy }}
         env:
         - name: UPLOAD_DESTINATION_PREFIX
-          value: {{ .Values.videoRecorder.uploadDestinationPrefix }}
+          value: {{ .Values.videoRecorder.uploadDestinationPrefix | quote }}
       {{- with .Values.videoRecorder.extraEnvironmentVariables }}
         {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/chrome-node-deployment.yaml b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/chrome-node-deployment.yaml
index a89800fdfa..4d9a30ac07 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/chrome-node-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/chrome-node-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ spec:
 {{- $podScope := deepCopy . -}}
 {{- $_ := set $podScope "name" "selenium-chrome-node" -}}
 {{- $_ =  set $podScope "node" .Values.chromeNode  -}}
-{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder .Values.videoRecorder.uploader) -}}
+{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder (.Values.videoRecorder.uploader | toString)) -}}
 {{- include "seleniumGrid.podTemplate" $podScope | nindent 2 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/chrome-node-scaledjobs.yaml b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/chrome-node-scaledjobs.yaml
index b5770e8a20..c72818b057 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/chrome-node-scaledjobs.yaml
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/chrome-node-scaledjobs.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ spec:
 {{- $podScope := deepCopy . -}}
 {{- $_ := set $podScope "name" "selenium-chrome-node" -}}
 {{- $_ =  set $podScope "node" .Values.chromeNode  -}}
-{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder .Values.videoRecorder.uploader) -}}
+{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder (.Values.videoRecorder.uploader | toString)) -}}
 {{- include "seleniumGrid.podTemplate" $podScope | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/edge-node-deployment.yaml b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/edge-node-deployment.yaml
index d81b7ef936..6216dc1019 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/edge-node-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/edge-node-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ spec:
 {{- $podScope := deepCopy . -}}
 {{- $_ := set $podScope "name" "selenium-edge-node" -}}
 {{- $_ =  set $podScope "node" .Values.edgeNode  -}}
-{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder .Values.videoRecorder.uploader) -}}
+{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder (.Values.videoRecorder.uploader | toString)) -}}
 {{- include "seleniumGrid.podTemplate" $podScope | nindent 2 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/edge-node-scaledjob.yaml b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/edge-node-scaledjob.yaml
index 6083226e58..eae9ba79aa 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/edge-node-scaledjob.yaml
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/edge-node-scaledjob.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ spec:
 {{- $podScope := deepCopy . -}}
 {{- $_ := set $podScope "name" "selenium-edge-node" -}}
 {{- $_ =  set $podScope "node" .Values.edgeNode  -}}
-{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder .Values.videoRecorder.uploader) -}}
+{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder (.Values.videoRecorder.uploader | toString)) -}}
 {{- include "seleniumGrid.podTemplate" $podScope | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/firefox-node-deployment.yaml b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/firefox-node-deployment.yaml
index 645986c111..13dcf904f9 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/firefox-node-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/firefox-node-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ spec:
 {{- $podScope := deepCopy . -}}
 {{- $_ := set $podScope "name" "selenium-firefox-node" -}}
 {{- $_ =  set $podScope "node" .Values.firefoxNode  -}}
-{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder .Values.videoRecorder.uploader) -}}
+{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder (.Values.videoRecorder.uploader | toString)) -}}
 {{- include "seleniumGrid.podTemplate" $podScope | nindent 2 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/firefox-node-scaledjob.yaml b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/firefox-node-scaledjob.yaml
index 4ec26225ae..3fceee4f55 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/firefox-node-scaledjob.yaml
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/firefox-node-scaledjob.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ spec:
 {{- $podScope := deepCopy . -}}
 {{- $_ := set $podScope "name" "selenium-firefox-node" -}}
 {{- $_ =  set $podScope "node" .Values.firefoxNode  -}}
-{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder .Values.videoRecorder.uploader) -}}
+{{- $_ =  set $podScope "uploader" (get .Values.videoRecorder (.Values.videoRecorder.uploader | toString)) -}}
 {{- include "seleniumGrid.podTemplate" $podScope | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/video-cm.yaml b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/video-cm.yaml
index 41a13b0270..29fa7f810c 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/templates/video-cm.yaml
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/templates/video-cm.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ data:
         if [[ "$session_id" != "null" && "$session_id" != "" && "$recording_started" = "false" ]]
         then
             video_file_name="$session_id.mp4"
-            video_file="${VIDEO_LOCATION:-/videos}/$video_file_name"
+            video_file="${SE_VIDEO_FOLDER:-/videos}/$video_file_name"
             echo "Starting to record video"
             ffmpeg -nostdin -y -f x11grab -video_size ${VIDEO_SIZE} -r ${FRAME_RATE} -i ${DISPLAY} -codec:v ${CODEC} ${PRESET} -pix_fmt yuv420p $video_file &
             recording_started="true"
@@ -74,9 +74,12 @@ data:
             echo "Stopping to record video"
             kill -INT %1
             fg || echo ffmpeg exited with code $?
-            upload_destination=${UPLOAD_DESTINATION_PREFIX}${video_file_name}
-            echo "Uploading video to $upload_destination"
-            echo $video_file $upload_destination > /videos/uploadpipe &
+            if [[ "$UPLOAD_DESTINATION_PREFIX" != "false" ]]
+            then
+              upload_destination=${UPLOAD_DESTINATION_PREFIX}${video_file_name}
+              echo "Uploading video to $upload_destination"
+              echo $video_file $upload_destination > /videos/uploadpipe &
+            fi
             recording_started="false"
         elif [[ $recording_started = "true" ]]
         then
diff --git a/charts/selenium-grid/values.yaml b/charts/selenium-grid/values.yaml
index 28eb115d4c..cb773015e9 100644
--- a/charts/selenium-grid/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/selenium-grid/values.yaml
@@ -730,9 +730,10 @@ videoRecorder:
   imageName: selenium/video
   enabled: false
   # Where to upload the video file. Should be set to something like 's3://myvideobucket/'
-  uploadDestinationPrefix: ""
+  uploadDestinationPrefix: false
   # What uploader to use. See .videRecorder.s3 for how to create a new one.
-  uploader: s3
+  # uploader: s3
+  uploader: false
 
   # Image of video recorder
   imageTag: latest
@@ -749,7 +750,7 @@ videoRecorder:
       memory: "1Gi"
       cpu: "1"
   extraEnvironmentVariables: []
-  # - name: VIDEO_LOCATION
+  # - name: SE_VIDEO_FOLDER
   #   value: /videos
   # Custom environment variables by sourcing entire configMap, Secret, etc. for video recorder.
   extraEnvFrom:
@@ -761,6 +762,7 @@ videoRecorder:
   terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
   volume:
     emptyDir: {}
+  # Container spec for the uploader if above it is defined as "uploader: s3"
   s3:
     imageName: public.ecr.aws/bitnami/aws-cli
     imageTag: "2"