diff --git a/typescript/helloworld/src/app/app.ts b/typescript/helloworld/src/app/app.ts
index c0fc6e772..44cc7e1d3 100644
--- a/typescript/helloworld/src/app/app.ts
+++ b/typescript/helloworld/src/app/app.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   MultiProvider,
   Remotes,
 } from '@abacus-network/sdk';
+import { debug } from '@abacus-network/utils';
 
 import { HelloWorldContracts } from './contracts';
 
@@ -51,7 +52,12 @@ export class HelloWorldApp<
       gasLimit,
       value,
     });
-    console.log(tx);
+    debug('Sending hello message', {
+      from,
+      to,
+      message,
+      tx,
+    });
     return tx.wait(chainConnection.confirmations);
   }
 
diff --git a/typescript/infra/helm/helloworld-kathy/templates/stateful-set.yaml b/typescript/infra/helm/helloworld-kathy/templates/stateful-set.yaml
index 73c193cc2..42744af4d 100644
--- a/typescript/infra/helm/helloworld-kathy/templates/stateful-set.yaml
+++ b/typescript/infra/helm/helloworld-kathy/templates/stateful-set.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ metadata:
     abacus/context: {{ .Values.abacus.context | quote }}
     app.kubernetes.io/component: kathy
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: kathy
+  replicas: 1
+  serviceName: helloworld-kathy
   template:
     metadata:
       labels: *metadata_labels
@@ -27,8 +32,8 @@ spec:
         - name: CHAINS_TO_SKIP
           value: {{ join "," .Values.chainsToSkip }}
         - name: KATHY_FULL_CYCLE_TIME
-          value: {{ .Values.fullCycleTime }}
+          value: "{{ .Values.fullCycleTime }}"
         - name: KATHY_MESSAGE_SEND_TIMEOUT
-          value: {{ .Values.messageSendTimeout }}
+          value: "{{ .Values.messageSendTimeout }}"
         - name: KATHY_MESSAGE_RECEIPT_TIMEOUT
-          value: {{ .Values.messageReceiptTimeout }}
+          value: "{{ .Values.messageReceiptTimeout }}"
diff --git a/typescript/infra/helm/helloworld-kathy/values.yaml b/typescript/infra/helm/helloworld-kathy/values.yaml
index 27a656e12..ad091d3b9 100644
--- a/typescript/infra/helm/helloworld-kathy/values.yaml
+++ b/typescript/infra/helm/helloworld-kathy/values.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ image:
   tag:
 abacus:
   runEnv: testnet2
+  context: abacus
   # Only used for fetching secrets, so all chains should be included regardless of being skipped
   chains: []
 chainsToSkip: []
diff --git a/typescript/infra/scripts/helloworld/kathy.ts b/typescript/infra/scripts/helloworld/kathy.ts
index c8ace749b..3de18fd70 100644
--- a/typescript/infra/scripts/helloworld/kathy.ts
+++ b/typescript/infra/scripts/helloworld/kathy.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ metricsRegister.registerMetric(messageReceiptSeconds);
 
 /** How long we should take to go through all the message pairings in milliseconds. 6hrs by default. */
 const FULL_CYCLE_TIME =
-  parseInt(process.env['KATHY_FULL_CYCLE_TIME'] as string) || 1000 * 100;
+  parseInt(process.env['KATHY_FULL_CYCLE_TIME'] as string) ||
+  1000 * 60 * 60 * 6;
 if (!Number.isSafeInteger(FULL_CYCLE_TIME) || FULL_CYCLE_TIME <= 0) {
   error('Invalid cycle time provided');
   process.exit(1);