diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/resources/config/application.properties b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/resources/config/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21ed6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/resources/config/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+server.port=9516
+{{ if ( include "common.needTLS" .) }}
+server.ssl.key-store=${CONFIG_HOME}/auth/tomcat_keystore
+server.ssl.client-auth=need
+{{ else }}
+security.require-ssl=false
+server.ssl.enabled=false
+{{ end }}
+
+server.servlet.context-path=/services/babel-service
+
+logging.config=${CONFIG_HOME}/logback.xml
+
+tosca.mappings.config=${CONFIG_HOME}/tosca-mappings.json
diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/templates/service.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/templates/service.yaml
index db54ce1..87a29db 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/templates/service.yaml
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
     {{- if eq .Values.service.type "NodePort" }}
     - port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
       nodePort: {{ .Values.global.nodePortPrefix | default .Values.nodePortPrefix }}{{ .Values.service.nodePort }}
-      name: {{ .Values.service.portName }}
+      name: {{ .Values.service.portName }}{{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary "s" "" }}
     {{- else }}
     - port: {{ .Values.service.externalPort }}
       targetPort: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
-      name: {{ .Values.service.portName }}
+      name: {{ .Values.service.portName }}{{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary "s" "" }}
     {{- end }}
 
   selector:
diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/values.yaml
index 7560efd..a7f707d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-babel/values.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 service:
   type: NodePort
-  portName: babel
+  portName: http
   externalPort: 9516
   internalPort: 9516
   nodePort: 79