diff --git a/templates/zookeeper/3/docker-compose.yml b/templates/zookeeper/3/docker-compose.yml.tpl
similarity index 92%
rename from templates/zookeeper/3/docker-compose.yml
rename to templates/zookeeper/3/docker-compose.yml.tpl
index 31aeffd..59799ec 100644
--- a/templates/zookeeper/3/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/zookeeper/3/docker-compose.yml.tpl
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ services:
     labels:
       io.rancher.scheduler.affinity:container_label_soft_ne: io.rancher.stack_service.name=$${stack_name}/$${service_name}
       io.rancher.container.hostname_override: container_name
+{{- if ne .Values.host_label ""}}
       io.rancher.scheduler.affinity:host_label: ${host_label}
+{{- end}}
       io.rancher.sidekicks: zk-volume, zk-conf
   zk-conf:
     labels:
       io.rancher.scheduler.affinity:container_label_soft_ne: io.rancher.stack_service.name=$${stack_name}/$${service_name}
       io.rancher.container.hostname_override: container_name
+{{- if ne .Values.host_label ""}}
       io.rancher.scheduler.affinity:host_label: ${host_label}
+{{- end}}
       io.rancher.container.start_once: true
     image: rawmind/rancher-zk:3.4.9
     volumes:
@@ -31,7 +35,9 @@ services:
     labels:
       io.rancher.scheduler.affinity:container_label_soft_ne: io.rancher.stack_service.name=$${stack_name}/$${service_name}
       io.rancher.container.hostname_override: container_name
+{{- if ne .Values.host_label ""}}
       io.rancher.scheduler.affinity:host_label: ${host_label}
+{{- end}}
       io.rancher.container.start_once: true
     environment:
       - SERVICE_UID=10002
@@ -39,7 +45,6 @@ services:
       - SERVICE_VOLUME=${zk_data_dir}
     volumes:
       - zkdata:${zk_data_dir}
-    volume_driver: local
     image: rawmind/alpine-volume:0.0.2-1
 volumes:
   zkconfig:
diff --git a/templates/zookeeper/3/rancher-compose.yml b/templates/zookeeper/3/rancher-compose.yml
index 33fe7af..15751d9 100644
--- a/templates/zookeeper/3/rancher-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/zookeeper/3/rancher-compose.yml
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ catalog:
       description: |
         Host label to use as zookeeper 'value' tag.
         Example: 'zookeeper=true'
-      required: true
-      default: "private=true"
+      required: false
+      default: ""
       type: "string"
     - variable: "VOLUME_DRIVER"
       description: "The VOLUME driver to associate with this server"