diff --git a/manifests/hermione-deployment.yaml b/manifests/hermione-deployment.yaml
index 5eab9b8..5a15448 100644
--- a/manifests/hermione-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/hermione-deployment.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ spec:
         - name: hermione
           image: olympusreg.azurecr.io/hermione:a843dee4
           env:
-            name: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMEOUT
-            value: 300
+            - name: DEFAULT_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMEOUT
+              value: "300"
           envFrom:
             - configMapRef:
                 name: olympus-db-shared-cfg