diff --git a/xos-tools/xossh/README.md b/xos-tools/xossh/README.md
index 95358d3..9d08a67 100644
--- a/xos-tools/xossh/README.md
+++ b/xos-tools/xossh/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@
 # wait a few seconds for the container to start, then run the following
 xos-tools/xossh/xossh-attach.sh
 ```
+
+To deploy a development version of `xossh` tagged with the `candidate` tag, you can do:
+
+```
+helm install xos-tools/xossh/ -n xossh -f examples/xossh-candidate.yaml
+```
diff --git a/xos-tools/xossh/templates/deployment.yaml b/xos-tools/xossh/templates/deployment.yaml
index 242e302..8859f74 100644
--- a/xos-tools/xossh/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/xos-tools/xossh/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
                - "{{ .Values.xosshConfig.accessor.endpoint }}"
           stdin: true
           tty: true
-          image: "{{ .Values.pull_docker_registry }}{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.xosshImage }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
           resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
diff --git a/xos-tools/xossh/values.yaml b/xos-tools/xossh/values.yaml
index 9fcdf22..6ed3137 100644
--- a/xos-tools/xossh/values.yaml
+++ b/xos-tools/xossh/values.yaml
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@
 nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""
 
-image:
-  repository: xosproject/xos-client
-  tag: candidate
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+xosshImage: 'xosproject/xos-client:master'
 
 resources: {}