diff --git a/app/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py b/app/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
index cfafddfa..16b5f0b4 100644
--- a/app/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
+++ b/app/deploy/k8s/deploy_k8s.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class K8sDeployer(Deployer):
 
     def up(self, detach, services):
         # Create the kind cluster
-        create_cluster(self.kind_cluster_name, )
+        # HACK: pass in the config file path here
+        create_cluster(self.kind_cluster_name, "./test-deployment-dir/kind-config.yml")
         self.connect_api()
         # Ensure the referenced containers are copied into kind
         load_images_into_kind(self.kind_cluster_name, self.cluster_info.image_set)
diff --git a/app/deploy/k8s/helpers.py b/app/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
index b8971dae..6194ac5e 100644
--- a/app/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
+++ b/app/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def _generate_kind_port_mappings(parsed_pod_files):
                     for port_string in ports:
                         # TODO handle the complex cases
                         # Looks like: 80 or something more complicated
-                        port_definitions.append(f"  - containerPort: {port_string}\n    hostPort:{port_string}")
+                        port_definitions.append(f"  - containerPort: {port_string}\n    hostPort: {port_string}")
     return (
         "" if len(port_definitions) == 0 else (
             "  extraPortMappings:\n"