diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
index 0673dee..8ec4553 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
   portalOnapEnabled: true
 #
 
-# override chart name (sparky-be) to share a common namespace
-# suffix with parent chart (aai)
-nsSuffix: aai
-
-
 # default number of instances
 replicaCount: 1
 
@@ -84,11 +79,12 @@
 
 service:
   type: NodePort
-  portName: http
-  externalPort: 8000
-  internalPort: 8000
-  internalPlainPort: 9517
-  nodePort: 20
+  internalPort: 9517
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 8000
+    internal_port: 9517
+    nodePort: 20
 
 ingress:
   enabled: false
@@ -99,6 +95,9 @@
   config:
     ssl: "redirect"
 
+podAnnotations:
+  sidecar.istio.io/rewriteAppHTTPProbers: "false"
+
 # Configure resource requests and limits
 # ref: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/compute-resources/
 resources: