diff --git a/.suite-cli/cli/package.json b/.suite-cli/cli/package.json
index d24050a..a559e7c 100644
--- a/.suite-cli/cli/package.json
+++ b/.suite-cli/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@microservices-suite/cli",
-  "version": "3.1.0",
+  "version": "3.1.1",
   "description": "This is the CLI tool for running the microservices-suite monorepo. It contains functionalities and tools required for automation and managing the repo across supported platforms. Works on Windows,MacOS and Linux as well as support to some extend other variants like SunOS, IBM AIX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and more",
   "main": "cli.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/microservices-suite/node-microservices-suite.git",
diff --git a/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/assets/fileStructureContent.asset.js b/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/assets/fileStructureContent.asset.js
index 827fe8b..87bfe13 100644
--- a/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/assets/fileStructureContent.asset.js
+++ b/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/assets/fileStructureContent.asset.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports = ({ answers }) => (
         `tests/${answers.service_name}/unit`,
         `tests/${answers.service_name}/snapshot`,
         `microservices`,
-        `k8s/${answers.service_name}`,
+        `k8s`,
         `docker/apps`,
         ...(answers.apis.map((api) => `${api}/app1`)),
     ]
diff --git a/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/assets/genericPackageJsonContent.asset.js b/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/assets/genericPackageJsonContent.asset.js
index 6cd76ee..3833e0a 100644
--- a/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/assets/genericPackageJsonContent.asset.js
+++ b/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/assets/genericPackageJsonContent.asset.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = ({ answers, suffix, isMicroservice, description, os, addDeps })
         dependencies: {
             [`${answers.project_base}/config`]: "1.0.0",
             [`${answers.project_base}/errors`]: "1.0.0",
-            [`${answers.project_base}/utilities`]: "1.0.7",
+            [`${answers.project_base}/utilities`]: "1.0.0",
             [`${answers.project_base}/broker`]: "1.0.0",
             dotenv: "^16.4.5",
             express: "^4.18.3",
diff --git a/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/scripts.module.js b/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/scripts.module.js
index 9a8ccf2..c6c0308 100644
--- a/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/scripts.module.js
+++ b/.suite-cli/cli/scripts/scripts.module.js
@@ -1026,14 +1026,9 @@ const addMicroservice = ({ project_root, answers }) => {
             case `GraphQL/app1`:
                 writeFile(join(current_dir, 'appollo-server.js'), assets.apolloServerContent({ answers }));
                 break;
-            case `k8s/${answers.service_name}`:
-                // TODO: move k8s into a function
-                writeFile(join(current_dir, 'client-node-port.yaml'), assets.k8sClientNodeContent());
-                writeFile(join(current_dir, 'client-pod.yaml'), assets.k8sClientPodContent());
-                writeFile(join(current_dir, 'cluster-deployment.yml'), assets.k8sClusterDeploymentContent());
+            case `k8s`:
+                // TODO: move k8s into a function 
                 writeFile(join(current_dir, 'README.md'), assets.k8sReadmeContent({ answers }));
-                writeFile(join(current_dir, 'cluster-ip-service.yml'), assets.k8sClusterIpServiceContent());
-                writeFile(join(current_dir, 'ingress-service.yml'), assets.k8sIngressServiceContent());
                 break;
         }
     });
@@ -1076,6 +1071,7 @@ const scaffoldNewRepo = async ({ answers }) => {
             addProjectConfigs({ project_root: join(cwd(), answers.repo_name), answers })
             addMicroservice({ project_root: join(cwd(), answers.repo_name), answers })
             addPackageJson({ project_root: join(cwd(), answers.repo_name), answers })
+
             return
         }
         else {
diff --git a/istio/virtual-service.yaml b/istio/virtual-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..844c209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/istio/virtual-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3
+kind: VirtualService
+metadata:
+  name: api-vs
+spec:
+  hosts:
+  - api.cloudacademy.35.88.67.205.nip.io
+  gateways:
+  - api-gateway
+  http:
+  - route:
+    - destination:
+        host: api.default.svc.cluster.local
+        subset: v1
+        port:
+          number: 80
+      weight: 25
+    - destination:
+        host: api.default.svc.cluster.local
+        subset: v2
+        port:
+          number: 80
+      weight: 75
+
diff --git a/mysq.yaml b/mysq.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e3eedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysq.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: mysql-config
+  labels:
+    app: mysql
+data:
+  MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "CloudAcademy!"
+  MYSQL_PASSWORD: "CloudAcademy!"
+  MYSQL_USER: "api_user"
+  MYSQL_DATABASE: "orders"
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: mysql
+  labels:
+    app: mysql
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 3306
+    name: mysql
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: mysql
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: mysql
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: mysql 
+  serviceName: "mysql"
+  replicas: 1 
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: mysql 
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
+      containers:
+      - name: mysql
+        image: public.ecr.aws/cloudacademy-labs/cloudacademy/labs/k8s-assessment/mysql:8
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 3306
+          name: mysql
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: mysql
+          mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: mysql-config
+      volumes:
+      - name: mysql
+        hostPath:
+          path: /tmp/mysql/
+          type: Directory