diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
index 48d15c5..4d20d24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
@@ -187,10 +187,6 @@ jobs:
           sed -i "s|image: ghcr.io/kunal-511/beatwave:.*|image: ghcr.io/kunal-511/beatwave:$VERSION|g" k8s/frontend-deployment.yml
           
           echo "Updated manifests with version: $VERSION"
-      - name: Validate Kubernetes manifests
-        run: |
-          kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f k8s/backend-deployment.yml
-          kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f k8s/frontend-deployment.yml
 
       - name: Commit updated manifests
         run: |
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/axios.ts b/frontend/src/lib/axios.ts
index 60c45a5..ef220fe 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/axios.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/axios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import axios from "axios";
 
 export const axiosInstance = axios.create({
-	baseURL: import.meta.env.MODE === "development" ? "http://localhost:5000/api" : "/api",
+	baseURL: import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL || (import.meta.env.MODE === "development" ? "http://localhost:5000/api" : "/api"),
 });
diff --git a/k8s/backend-deployment.yml b/k8s/backend-deployment.yml
index 6d612c4..2ffd936 100644
--- a/k8s/backend-deployment.yml
+++ b/k8s/backend-deployment.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: beatwave-backend
-        image: ghcr.io/kunal-511/beatwave-backend:v2
+        image: ghcr.io/kunal-511/beatwave-backend:v0.0.1
         ports:
         - containerPort: 5000
         env:
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ spec:
             configMapKeyRef:
               name: backend-port
               key: NODE_ENV
+        - name: REDIS_HOST
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: backend-port
+              key: REDIS_HOST
+        - name: REDIS_PORT
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: backend-port
+              key: REDIS_PORT
 
         - name: MONGODB_URI
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/k8s/configmaps.yml b/k8s/configmaps.yml
index 8447e4d..cf0846e 100644
--- a/k8s/configmaps.yml
+++ b/k8s/configmaps.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ data:
   PORT: "5000"
   ADMIN_EMAIL: "yoyokvunal@gmail.com"
   NODE_ENV: "development"
+  REDIS_HOST: "redis"
+  REDIS_PORT: "6379"
diff --git a/k8s/frontend-deployment.yml b/k8s/frontend-deployment.yml
index 5ceffae..101f2d7 100644
--- a/k8s/frontend-deployment.yml
+++ b/k8s/frontend-deployment.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: beatwave-frontend
-        image: ghcr.io/kunal-511/beatwave:v2
+        image: ghcr.io/kunal-511/beatwave:v0.0.1
         ports:
-        - containerPort: 3000
+        - containerPort: 80
         env:
         - name: VITE_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: backend-secrets
               key: VITE_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY
+        
+        - name: VITE_API_URL
+          value: "http://backend:5000/api"
diff --git a/k8s/frontend-service.yml b/k8s/frontend-service.yml
index 737c8b5..c2a18ed 100644
--- a/k8s/frontend-service.yml
+++ b/k8s/frontend-service.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ spec:
     app: frontend
   ports:
   - port: 3000
-    targetPort: 3000
+    targetPort: 80
diff --git a/k8s/redis-deployment.yaml b/k8s/redis-deployment.yaml
index a652351..cba06d1 100644
--- a/k8s/redis-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/redis-deployment.yaml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ spec:
         image: redis:7.2-alpine
         ports:
         - containerPort: 6379
-        commands: ["redis-server", "--appendonly", "yes"]
+        command: ["redis-server", "--appendonly", "yes"]
diff --git a/k8s/redis-service.yaml b/k8s/redis-service.yaml
index 8d2b9e9..2143048 100644
--- a/k8s/redis-service.yaml
+++ b/k8s/redis-service.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind:: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: redis
   namespace: beatwave