diff --git a/charts/application-core/Chart.yaml b/charts/application-core/Chart.yaml
index 89163e6..0c83042 100644
--- a/charts/application-core/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/application-core/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 4.2.5
+version: 4.2.6
 
 
 maintainers:
diff --git a/charts/application-core/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/application-core/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 11192ff..8dac8c9 100644
--- a/charts/application-core/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/application-core/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -5,12 +5,37 @@ Expand the name of the chart.
 {{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
 {{- end }}
 
+{{/*
+Build the short stage name based off of the namespace
+*/}}
+{{- define "application-core.shortStage" }}
+{{- if contains "-production" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- printf "%s" "prd" }}
+{{- else if contains "-performance" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- printf "%s" "perf" }}
+{{- else if contains "-integration" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- printf "%s" "int" }}
+{{- else if contains "-sandbox" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- printf "%s" "sbx" }}
+{{- else if contains "-staging" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- printf "%s" "stg" }}
+{{- else if contains "-demo" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- printf "%s" "demo" }}
+{{- else if contains "-qa" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- printf "%s" "qa" }}
+{{- else if contains "-development" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- printf "%s" "dev" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "%s" .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{/*
 Build the env that gets injected into the deployments
 */}}
 {{- define "application-core.env" -}}
 - name: APP_NAME
-  value: {{ .Values.appName | default (printf "%s-%s" .Release.Namespace .Release.Name) }}
+  value: {{ .Values.appName | default (printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name (include "application-core.shortStage" . )) }}
 {{- if .Values.env }}
 {{ .Values.env | toYaml }}
 {{- end }}