diff --git a/manifests/nginx_ingress_http.yaml b/manifests/nginx_ingress_http.yaml
index 4ee386557913f35295ad43ccabdde8d50613eaae..ed713bf29ad8228ab3f5b051af24519c2fb9ef09 100644
--- a/manifests/nginx_ingress_http.yaml
+++ b/manifests/nginx_ingress_http.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ spec:
             pathType: Prefix
             backend:
               service:
-                name: qkdappservice
+                name: qkd-appservice
                 port:
                   number: 8005
diff --git a/manifests/qkdappservice.yaml b/manifests/qkd_appservice.yaml
similarity index 93%
rename from manifests/qkdappservice.yaml
rename to manifests/qkd_appservice.yaml
index 13f16f4e501b20208b93e3edcff9c161744632d2..18f4ef9966afc743c2bd98856c53fe01680bb60c 100644
--- a/manifests/qkdappservice.yaml
+++ b/manifests/qkd_appservice.yaml
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: qkdappservice
+  name: qkd-appservice
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
-      app: qkdappservice
+      app: qkd-appservice
   #replicas: 1
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
-        app: qkdappservice
+        app: qkd-appservice
     spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
       containers:
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
-  name: qkdappservice
+  name: qkd-appservice
   labels:
-    app: qkdappservice
+    app: qkd-appservice
 spec:
   type: ClusterIP
   selector:
-    app: qkdappservice
+    app: qkd-appservice
   ports:
   - name: grpc
     protocol: TCP