diff --git a/my_deploy.sh b/my_deploy.sh
index bfe2978a6720bf995d320ba788f813bfa83757f6..2c3ed27cadf909ac2811b4e8f6539f591d613e46 100755
--- a/my_deploy.sh
+++ b/my_deploy.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ export TFS_REGISTRY_IMAGES="http://localhost:32000/tfs/"
 # Set the list of components, separated by spaces, you want to build images for, and deploy.
 export TFS_COMPONENTS="context device automation monitoring pathcomp service slice compute webui load_generator"
 
-# addition for the optical cybersecurity component
-export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} dbscanserving opticalattackmitigator opticalattackdetector opticalattackmanager"
-
 # Set the tag you want to use for your images.
 export TFS_IMAGE_TAG="dev"
 
@@ -40,6 +37,10 @@ export TFS_GRAFANA_PASSWORD="admin123+"
 # Disable skip-build flag to rebuild the Docker images.
 export TFS_SKIP_BUILD=""
 
+# addition for the optical cybersecurity component
+# export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} dbscanserving opticalattackmitigator opticalattackdetector opticalattackmanager"
+# export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="${TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS} manifests/cachingservice.yaml"
+
 
 # ----- CockroachDB ------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export CRDB_DATABASE="tfs"
 export CRDB_DEPLOY_MODE="single"
 
 # Disable flag for dropping database, if it exists.
-export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS="YES"
+export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS=""
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying CockroachDB from scratch.
 export CRDB_REDEPLOY=""
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ export QDB_TABLE_MONITORING_KPIS="tfs_monitoring_kpis"
 export QDB_TABLE_SLICE_GROUPS="tfs_slice_groups"
 
 # Disable flag for dropping tables if they exist.
-export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST="YES"
+export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST=""
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
 export QDB_REDEPLOY=""