diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 42f69dfdd..cb3151cbe 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@
 # Coulombel Florian (coulof)
 # Deepak Ghivari (Deepak-Ghivari)
 # Gallacher Sean (gallacher)
+# Gil Taran (gilltaran)
+# Harish P  (harishp8889)
 # Harish H  (HarishH-DELL)
 # Jacob Grosner (JacobGros)
 # Jooseppi Luna (jooseppi-luna)
 # Karthik K (karthikk92)
 # Kumar Karthik Gosa (kumarkgosa)
 # Keerthi Bandapati (bandak2)
+# Meghana M (meggm)
+# Mukesh Gandharva (mgandharva)
 # Matt Schmaelzle (mjsdell)
 # Nitesh Rewatkar (nitesh3108)
 # Prabhu Revur (prabhu-dell)
@@ -35,4 +39,4 @@
 # Yamunadevi N Shanmugam (shanmydell)
 
 # for all files:
-* @abhi16394 @mbasha-dell @alikdell @bharathsreekanth @chimanjain @coulof @Deepak-Ghivari @gallacher @HarishH-DELL @JacobGros @jooseppi-luna @karthikk92 @kumarkgosa @bandak2 @mjsdell @nitesh3108 @prabhu-dell @rajendraindukuri @rajkumar-palani @shefali-malhotra @panigs7 @tdawe @shaynafinocchiaro @atye @sharmilarama @shanmydell
+* @abhi16394 @mbasha-dell @alikdell @bharathsreekanth @chimanjain @coulof @Deepak-Ghivari @gallacher @gilltaran @harishp8889 @HarishH-DELL @JacobGros @jooseppi-luna @karthikk92 @kumarkgosa @bandak2 @meggm @mgandharva @mjsdell @nitesh3108 @prabhu-dell @rajendraindukuri @rajkumar-palani @shefali-malhotra @panigs7 @tdawe @shaynafinocchiaro @atye @sharmilarama @shanmydell
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/powermax.go b/pkg/drivers/powermax.go
index 81b90feff..da721ab3b 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/powermax.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/powermax.go
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ func PrecheckPowerMax(ctx context.Context, cr *csmv1.ContainerStorageModule, ope
 			Value: "/var/lib/kubelet",
 		})
 	}
+	if cr.Spec.Modules == nil {
+		// this means it's a minimal yaml and we will append reverse-proxy by default
+		modules := make([]csmv1.Module, 0)
+		modules = append(modules, csmv1.Module{
+			Name:              "csireverseproxy",
+			Enabled:           true,
+			ConfigVersion:     "v2.10.0",
+			ForceRemoveModule: true,
+		})
+		cr.Spec.Modules = modules
+	}
 	foundRevProxy := false
 	for _, mod := range cr.Spec.Modules {
 		if mod.Name == csmv1.ReverseProxy {
@@ -102,7 +113,13 @@ func PrecheckPowerMax(ctx context.Context, cr *csmv1.ContainerStorageModule, ope
 		}
 	}
 	if !foundRevProxy {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find reverseproxy module")
+		log.Infof("Reverse proxy module not found adding it with default config")
+		cr.Spec.Modules = append(cr.Spec.Modules, csmv1.Module{
+			Name:              "csireverseproxy",
+			Enabled:           true,
+			ConfigVersion:     "v2.10.0",
+			ForceRemoveModule: true,
+		})
 	}
 
 	log.Debugw("preCheck", "secrets", cred)
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/powermax_test.go b/pkg/drivers/powermax_test.go
index 863693f61..88b6e3478 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/powermax_test.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/powermax_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 		expectedErr string
 	}{
 		{"happy path", powerMaxCSM, powerMaxClient, powerMaxSecret, ""},
-		{"no proxy", powerMaxCSMNoProxy, powerMaxClient, powerMaxSecret, "failed to find reverseproxy module"},
+		{"no proxy set defaults", powerMaxCSMNoProxy, powerMaxClient, powerMaxSecret, ""},
 	}
 
 	preCheckpowerMaxTest = []struct {
diff --git a/samples/minimal-samples/powermax.yaml b/samples/minimal-samples/powermax.yaml
index bc3c077ea..3faca3e15 100644
--- a/samples/minimal-samples/powermax.yaml
+++ b/samples/minimal-samples/powermax.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,3 @@ spec:
   driver:
     csiDriverType: "powermax"
     configVersion: v2.12.0
-  modules:
-    - name: csireverseproxy
-      enabled: true
-      configVersion: v2.10.0