diff --git a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
index 53d422c7cae3b9f389934080cf7241ba44d2737b..1938bccf41311b0af786b39500b6b8f463d625c1 100644
--- a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
           properties:
             loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
   kafkaConfig:
-    bootstrapServer: "localhost:9092" # "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+    bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
       - name: "input"
         numPartitions: 40