diff --git a/charts/matrix-synapse/values.yaml b/charts/matrix-synapse/values.yaml
index 0e6e76a..e89ef0b 100644
--- a/charts/matrix-synapse/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/matrix-synapse/values.yaml
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ workers:
   ##
   appservice:
     enabled: false
+    generic: true
     name: appservices
 
   ## This worker handles sending federation traffic to other Synapse servers.