diff --git a/k8s/spoolman/deployment.yaml b/k8s/spoolman/deployment.yaml
index ec7e554..d9f5669 100644
--- a/k8s/spoolman/deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/spoolman/deployment.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: spoolman
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "8080"
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: spoolman
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@ spec:
         env:
           - name: SPOOLMAN_PORT
             value: "8080"
+          - name: EXTERNAL_DB_SYNC_INTERVAL
+            value: "604800" # sync weekly
           - name: SPOOLMAN_DB_TYPE
             value: postgres
           - name: SPOOLMAN_DB_HOST
diff --git a/k8s/spoolman/ingress.yaml b/k8s/spoolman/ingress.yaml
index 7b9313a..e85b95b 100644
--- a/k8s/spoolman/ingress.yaml
+++ b/k8s/spoolman/ingress.yaml
@@ -29,4 +29,22 @@ spec:
             name: spoolman
             port: 
               number: 8080
-
+---
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: spoolman-internal
+  labels:
+    name: spoolman-internal
+spec:
+  rules:
+  - host: spoolman.spoolman.k8s
+    http:
+      paths:
+      - pathType: Prefix
+        path: "/"
+        backend:
+          service:
+            name: spoolman
+            port:
+              number: 8080