diff --git a/voltha/templates/cli.yaml b/voltha/templates/cli.yaml
index 4ec8519..c92c00c 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/cli.yaml
+++ b/voltha/templates/cli.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.serviceaccount }}
       containers:
         - name: vcli
-          image: {{ tpl .Values.images.cli.registry . }}{{ tpl .Values.images.cli.repository . }}:{{ tpl ( tpl .Values.images.cli.tag . ) . }}
+          image: '{{ tpl .Values.images.cli.registry . }}{{ tpl .Values.images.cli.repository . }}:{{ tpl .Values.images.cli.tag . }}'
           imagePullPolicy: {{ tpl .Values.images.cli.pullPolicy . }}
           env:
             - name: POD_IP