diff --git a/Cluster/Node_cs/ApiConfig.cs b/Cluster/Node_cs/ApiConfig.cs
index 90ac038..7722d2e 100644
--- a/Cluster/Node_cs/ApiConfig.cs
+++ b/Cluster/Node_cs/ApiConfig.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,50 @@ public class ApiConfig
         public String hostname = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOSTNAME");
         public String COORDINATOR_SERVICE_URL = "coordinator";
         public int PORT = 8080;
-
+        public string PODENV = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PODENV");
         public ushort ownerHash = 0;
+        Console.WriteLine("PODENV is: "+ this.PODENV);
+
+        if (this.PODENV == "enabled"){
+            try
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Attempting to get the pod IP address ...");
+                // Start a new process to run the "hostname -i" command
+                ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo()
+                {
+                    FileName = "/bin/sh",
+                    Arguments = "-c \"hostname -i\"",
+                    RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+                    UseShellExecute = false,
+                    CreateNoWindow = true
+                };
+
+                using (Process process = new Process())
+                {
+                    process.StartInfo = processStartInfo;
+                    process.Start();
+
+                    // Read the output (which should be the pod IP address)
+                    string podIP = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd().Trim();
+                    process.WaitForExit();
+
+                    // Print or use the pod IP as needed
+                    hostname = podIP;
+                    Console.WriteLine("Pod IP: " + podIP);
+
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
+            }
+        }
+        
+
+
+
+
+
         public int initializeConfigValues()
         {
             Console.WriteLine("hostname is: "+ this.hostname);
diff --git a/deploy/deploy-nodes.yaml b/deploy/deploy-nodes.yaml
index 62e51d3..e93027a 100644
--- a/deploy/deploy-nodes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/deploy-nodes.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: d-nodecs
 spec:
-  replicas: 4
+  replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: d-nodecs
@@ -28,16 +28,7 @@ spec:
             limits:
               memory: "100Mi"
               cpu: "100m"
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: d-nodecs
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: d-nodecs
-  ports:
-    - name: d-nodecs-p
-      protocol: TCP
-      port: 5552
-      targetPort: d-nodecs-p
+          env:
+            - name: PODENV
+              value: "enabled"
+
diff --git a/deploy/headless-service.yaml b/deploy/headless-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12ca702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/headless-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: d-nodecs
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: d-nodecs
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 5552
+      targetPort: d-nodecs-pe
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