diff --git a/chart/ms-dep-pkg-r/Chart.yaml b/chart/ms-dep-pkg-r/Chart.yaml
index 4ad2458..fd97787 100644
--- a/chart/ms-dep-pkg-r/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/ms-dep-pkg-r/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ name: ms-dep-pkg-r
 description: Dependency Packages
 type: application
 icon: https://ortelius.github.io/ortelius-charts/logo.png
-version: "10.0.0-build.43"
+version: "10.0.0-build.44"
diff --git a/chart/ms-dep-pkg-r/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/ms-dep-pkg-r/templates/deployment.yaml
index ec13a12..4cec03c 100644
--- a/chart/ms-dep-pkg-r/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/ms-dep-pkg-r/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ spec:
           image: "{{ .Values.DockerRepo }}:{{ .Values.DockerTag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
-            - name: VALIDATEUSER_URL
-              value: {{ .Values.ValidateUserUrl | default "http://ms-validate-user.{{ metadata.namespace }}.svc.cluster.local" }}
             - name: DB_USER
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 0df9bd1..8de5f02 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@
 db_user = os.getenv("DB_USER", "postgres")
 db_pass = os.getenv("DB_PASS", "postgres")
 db_port = os.getenv("DB_PORT", "5432")
-validateuser_url = os.getenv("VALIDATEUSER_URL", "http://localhost:5000")
+validateuser_url = os.getenv('VALIDATEUSER_URL', None )
+
+if (validateuser_url is None):
+    validateuser_host = os.getenv('MS_VALIDATE_USER_SERVICE_HOST', '127.0.0.1')
+    host = socket.gethostbyaddr(validateuser_host)[0]
+    validateuser_url = 'http://' + host + ':' + str(os.getenv('MS_VALIDATE_USER_SERVICE_PORT', 80))
 
 engine = create_engine("postgresql+psycopg2://" + db_user + ":" + db_pass + "@" + db_host + ":" + db_port + "/" + db_name, pool_pre_ping=True)