diff --git a/voltha/templates/core-deploy.yaml b/voltha/templates/core-deploy.yaml
index 502acc3..f6ae94f 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/core-deploy.yaml
+++ b/voltha/templates/core-deploy.yaml
@@ -85,18 +85,18 @@
               value: {{ .Values.defaults.kv_store_data_prefix }}
           args:
             - "/app/rw_core"
-            - "-kv_store_type=etcd"
-            - "-kv_store_address={{ .Values.services.etcd.service }}:{{ .Values.services.etcd.port }}"
-            - "-grpc_address=0.0.0.0:50057"
-            - "-banner=true"
-            - "-kafka_adapter_address={{ .Values.services.kafka.adapter.service }}:{{ .Values.services.kafka.adapter.port }}"
-            - "-kafka_cluster_address={{ .Values.services.kafka.cluster.service }}:{{ .Values.services.kafka.cluster.port }}"
-            - "-rw_core_topic={{ .Values.defaults.topics.core_topic }}"
-            - "-core_timeout={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.core_timeout . }}"
-            - "-timeout_long_request={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.timeout_long_request . }}"
-            - "-timeout_request={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.timeout_request . }}"
-            - "-log_level={{ $log_level }}"
-            - "-probe_address=:8080"
+            - "--kv_store_type=etcd"
+            - "--kv_store_address={{ .Values.services.etcd.service }}:{{ .Values.services.etcd.port }}"
+            - "--grpc_address=0.0.0.0:50057"
+            - "--banner"
+            - "--kafka_adapter_address={{ .Values.services.kafka.adapter.service }}:{{ .Values.services.kafka.adapter.port }}"
+            - "--kafka_cluster_address={{ .Values.services.kafka.cluster.service }}:{{ .Values.services.kafka.cluster.port }}"
+            - "--rw_core_topic={{ .Values.defaults.topics.core_topic }}"
+            - "--core_timeout={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.core_timeout . }}"
+            - "--timeout_long_request={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.timeout_long_request . }}"
+            - "--timeout_request={{ tpl .Values.rw_core.timeout_request . }}"
+            - "--log_level={{ $log_level }}"
+            - "--probe_address=:8080"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 50057
               name: grpc