diff --git a/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/cassandra-controller.yaml b/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/cassandra-controller.yaml
index 30018d3..9037ee0 100644
--- a/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/cassandra-controller.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/cassandra-controller.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     name: cassandra
   name: cassandra
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: ${NODE_COUNT}
   selector:
     name: cassandra
   template:
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ spec:
               value: 512M
             - name: HEAP_NEWSIZE
               value: 100M
+            - name: CASSANDRA_SERVICE
+              value: cassandra
             - name: POD_NAMESPACE
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v6
+          image: llparse/cassandra:v1
           name: cassandra
           ports:
             - containerPort: 9042
diff --git a/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/cassandra.yaml b/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/cassandra.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dcc28e..0000000
--- a/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/cassandra.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    name: cassandra
-  name: cassandra
-spec:
-  containers:
-  - args:
-    - /run.sh
-    resources:
-      limits:
-        cpu: "0.1"
-    image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v6
-    name: cassandra
-    ports:
-    - name: cql
-      containerPort: 9042
-    - name: thrift
-      containerPort: 9160
-    volumeMounts:
-    - name: data
-      mountPath: /cassandra_data
-    env:
-    - name: MAX_HEAP_SIZE
-      value: 512M
-    - name: HEAP_NEWSIZE
-      value: 100M
-    - name: POD_NAMESPACE
-      valueFrom:
-        fieldRef:
-          fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-  volumes:
-    - name: data
-      emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/rancher-compose.yml b/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/rancher-compose.yml
index ed69a8c..17df724 100644
--- a/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/rancher-compose.yml
+++ b/kubernetes-templates/cassandra/0/rancher-compose.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@
   name: "K8s Example Cassandra"
   version: "1.0.0"
   description: ""
+  questions:
+    - variable: "NODE_COUNT"
+      label: "Initial number of Cassandra nodes"
+      required: true
+      default: 3
+      type: "int"