diff --git a/workloads/echoserver.xml b/workloads/echoserver.xml
index 54eda58..ee1eb91 100644
--- a/workloads/echoserver.xml
+++ b/workloads/echoserver.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: echoserver
 spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: echoserver
   template:
     metadata:
       labels: