diff --git a/charts/cloudzero-agent/templates/validatorcm.yaml b/charts/cloudzero-agent/templates/validatorcm.yaml
index 213f5df1..118664f3 100644
--- a/charts/cloudzero-agent/templates/validatorcm.yaml
+++ b/charts/cloudzero-agent/templates/validatorcm.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ data:
 
     prometheus:
       {{- if .Values.validator.serviceEndpoints.kubeStateMetrics }}
-      kube_state_metrics_service_endpoint: http://{{ .Values.validator.serviceEndpoints.kubeStateMetrics }}/
+      kube_state_metrics_service_endpoint: http://{{ tpl .Values.validator.serviceEndpoints.kubeStateMetrics $ }}/
       {{- else }}
       kube_state_metrics_service_endpoint: http://{{- if .Release.Name }}{{.Release.Name}}-{{- end }}kube-state-metrics:8080/
       {{- end }}