diff --git a/xos-services/simpleexampleservice/templates/_helpers.tpl b/xos-services/simpleexampleservice/templates/_helpers.tpl
index d1fb889..3307f88 100644
--- a/xos-services/simpleexampleservice/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/xos-services/simpleexampleservice/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   password: {{ .Values.xosAdminPassword | quote }}
   endpoint: xos-core:50051
 event_bus:
-  endpoint: cord-kafka
+  endpoint: {{ .Values.kafkaService | quote }}
   kind: kafka
 required_models:
   - SimpleExampleService
diff --git a/xos-services/simpleexampleservice/values.yaml b/xos-services/simpleexampleservice/values.yaml
index ea818a0..f985089 100644
--- a/xos-services/simpleexampleservice/values.yaml
+++ b/xos-services/simpleexampleservice/values.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 xosAdminUser: "admin@opencord.org"
 xosAdminPassword: "letmein"
 
+kafkaService: "cord-kafka"
+
 resources: {}
 
 nodeSelector: {}