diff --git a/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml b/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
index cdeb550b742bde0b8f76a333f4911a6bfab0ed43..964785e05b93935b7a77c93b0681daf69dcba2d8 100644
--- a/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
+++ b/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ metadata:
   name: backend
   namespace: default
 spec:
-  type: LoadBalancer
+#  type: LoadBalancer
+  type: ClusterIP
 
   clusterIP: 10.152.183.51