diff --git a/k8s/mev-inspect/templates/deployment.yaml b/k8s/mev-inspect/templates/deployment.yaml
index 42e04d0..e06b7dd 100644
--- a/k8s/mev-inspect/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/mev-inspect/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "mev-inspect.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "mev-inspect.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           livenessProbe:
             exec:
diff --git a/k8s/mev-inspect/values.yaml b/k8s/mev-inspect/values.yaml
index a34451e..11140f9 100644
--- a/k8s/mev-inspect/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/mev-inspect/values.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
+replicaCount: 1
+
 image:
-  repository: mev-inspect-py
+  repository: mev-inspect-py:latest
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  tag: "latest"
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""