diff --git a/Caddyfile b/Caddyfile
index f1b087c..2eb1c6d 100644
--- a/Caddyfile
+++ b/Caddyfile
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 	}
 }
 :3000 {
-	reverse_proxy /api/* {
-		header_up Authorization "Bearer {$TOKEN}"
+	reverse_proxy /api/* { 
+    # Uncomment the following line to always inject the Authorization header with the token
+		# header_up Authorization "Bearer {$TOKEN}"
 		to {$SVC_URI}
 	}
 	log {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 308b5ac..41e1853 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 3000:3000  -e SVC_URI="http://myprivate.api.address.e
 
 #### Reverse Proxy with Kubernetes
 
-To deploy the Hello Universe application into a Kubernetes cluster, use the deployment manifest in `deployments/hello-universe.yaml`
+To deploy the Hello Universe application into a Kubernetes cluster, use the deployment manifest in `deployments/hello-universe.yaml`. Ensure you provide values and update all placeholders in the manifest with the value `<REPLACE_ME>`. The values must be in base64 format.
 
-When deploying the Hello Universe application into a Kubernetes cluster, set the `QUERY_K8S_API` environment variable to `true` and set the `API_URI` environment variable to an empty string.
+When deploying the Hello Universe application into a Kubernetes cluster, set the `QUERY_K8S_API` environment variable to `true` and set the `API_URI` environment variable to an empty string. This will result in the reverse proxy forwarding API requests to API service. Only a single loadbalancer is used in the Kubernetes deployment. If authorization is enabled, provide the `auth-token` kubernetes secret with the API authorization token value. Otherwise, API will fail to authorize requests.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > The `QUERY_K8S_API` environment variable is only used when deploying the Hello Universe application into a Kubernetes cluster. Enabling this environment variable will query the Kubernetes API for the service hostname. You can review the script in the `scripts/service-ip.sh`.
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ Inside the Hello Universe container, [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) is used a
 
 If the Hello Universe API is enabled for authorization, provide the `TOKEN` environment variable with the API authorization token. The default anonymous token is `"931A3B02-8DCC-543F-A1B2-69423D1A0B94"`. The reverse proxy will include the token when forwarding requests to the API server.
 
+> ![TIP]
+> If you want to automatically inject the authorization token into the reverse proxy for all API requests. Uncomment the following line in the Caddyfile.
+> `header_up Authorization "Bearer {$TOKEN}"` on line 29. You can find the Caddyfile configuration in **/etc/caddy/**.
+> Issue the command `caddy reload --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile` to apply the changes.
+
 ## Image Verification
 
 We sign our images through [Cosign](https://docs.sigstore.dev/signing/quickstart/). Review the [Image Verification](./docs/image-verification.md) page to learn more.
diff --git a/deployment/k8s.yaml b/deployment/k8s.yaml
index 1653ab9..5bd4f5a 100644
--- a/deployment/k8s.yaml
+++ b/deployment/k8s.yaml
@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ spec:
                   name: auth-token
                   key: auth-token
             - name: API_URI
-              value: "" # Leave empty and set QUERY_K8S_API to true when in a Kubernetes cluster
+              # Leave empty and set QUERY_K8S_API to true to leverage a single loadbalancer.
+              # Otherwise, set to the API service URL and set QUERY_K8S_API to false
+              value: ""
             - name: SVC_URI
               value: "api.hello-universe.svc.cluster.local:3000"
             - name: API_VERSION