diff --git a/charts/generic/Chart.yaml b/charts/generic/Chart.yaml
index 2fd87fc..9e7a079 100644
--- a/charts/generic/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/generic/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: generic
 description: A generic helm chart that handles a bunch of common application deploy cases
 type: application
-version: 1.7.0
+version: 1.8.0
diff --git a/charts/generic/templates/configmap-files.yaml b/charts/generic/templates/configmap-files.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..008c0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/generic/templates/configmap-files.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-files"
+  labels:
+    {{- include "generic.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+data:
+  {{- range $.Values.configmapFiles }}
+  {{ .filename }}: |
+    {{- .content | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/generic/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/generic/templates/deployment.yaml
index 590e8ad..e1cb176 100644
--- a/charts/generic/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/generic/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ spec:
             - name: {{ .name }}
               mountPath: {{ .mountPath }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- range $.Values.configmapFiles }}
+            - name: configmap-files
+              mountPath: {{ .mountPath }}/{{ .filename }}
+              subPath: {{ .filename }}
+            {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       containers:
@@ -165,6 +170,11 @@ spec:
             - name: {{ .name }}
               mountPath: {{ .mountPath }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- range $.Values.configmapFiles }}
+            - name: configmap-files
+              mountPath: {{ .mountPath }}/{{ .filename }}
+              subPath: {{ .filename }}
+            {{- end }}
           {{- with .Values.deployment.livenessProbe }}
           livenessProbe:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
@@ -231,6 +241,11 @@ spec:
             - name: {{ .name }}
               mountPath: {{ .mountPath }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- range $.Values.configmapFiles }}
+            - name: configmap-files
+              mountPath: {{ .mountPath }}/{{ .filename }}
+              subPath: {{ .filename }}
+            {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
       volumes:
         {{- range .Values.sharedEmptyDirs }}
@@ -243,6 +258,14 @@ spec:
         - name: configmap-file
           configMap:
             name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-file"
+        - name: configmap-files
+          configMap:
+            name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-files"
+            {{- range $.Values.configmapFiles }}
+            items:
+              - key: {{ .filename }}
+                path: {{ .filename }}
+            {{- end }}
         {{- range .Values.volumes }}
         - name: {{ .name }}
           persistentVolumeClaim:
diff --git a/charts/generic/values.yaml b/charts/generic/values.yaml
index 455676a..6645f9d 100644
--- a/charts/generic/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/generic/values.yaml
@@ -174,6 +174,17 @@ configmapFile:
   values: {}
   # filename: "file content"
 
+# This is the newer alternative to configmapFile that mounts each file in the secret as a single file
+# rather than overtaking the whole mountPath directory and deleting any files that may have existed there prior
+# This also allows the flexibility of mounting many files to different mountpaths, since the mountpath is controlled
+# per file
+configmapFiles: []
+#  - mountPath: /etc/config
+#    filename: .env
+#    content: |
+#      file=content
+#      goes=here
+
 volumes: []
 #  - name: example-volume
 #    mountPath: /my-example-volume