diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/templates/deployment.yaml
index 45ff270..3768e62 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
       name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
     spec:
       initContainers: {{ include "common.certInitializer.initContainer" . | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- if ( include "common.needTLS" .) }}
       - command:
         - sh
         args:
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
         image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.image.envsubst" . }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
         name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-update-config
+      {{- end }}
       - command:
         - /app/ready.py
         args:
diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/templates/service.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/templates/service.yaml
index 4633472..457b357 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/templates/service.yaml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
   {{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.internalPort }}
-    name: {{ .Values.service.portName }}
-  {{- end}}
+    name: {{ .Values.service.portName }}{{ ternary "s" "" (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) }}
+  {{- end }}
   selector:
     app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
     release: {{ include "common.release" . }}