diff --git a/examples/k8petstore/k8petstore.sh b/examples/k8petstore/k8petstore.sh
index 802656a94bd..6071e1a0ef5 100755
--- a/examples/k8petstore/k8petstore.sh
+++ b/examples/k8petstore/k8petstore.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 echo "WRITING KUBE FILES , will overwrite the jsons, then testing pods. is kube clean ready to go?"
 
+#for dev/test you can use:
+#kubectl=$GOPATH/src/github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/cluster/kubectl.sh"
+kubectl="kubectl"
 VERSION="r.2.8.19"
 PUBLIC_IP="127.0.0.1" # ip which we use to access the Web server.
 SECONDS=1000          # number of seconds to measure throughput.
@@ -24,8 +27,8 @@ cat << EOF > fe-rc.json
            "id": "frontendCcontroller",
            "containers": [{
              "name": "frontend-go-restapi",
-             "image": "jayunit100/k8-petstore-web-server:$VERSION",
-           }]
+             "image": "jayunit100/k8-petstore-web-server:$VERSION"
+         }]
          }
        },
        "labels": {
@@ -169,15 +172,15 @@ cat << EOF > slave-rc.json
   "labels": {"name": "redisslave"}
 }
 EOF
-kubectl create -f rm.json --api-version=v1beta1
-kubectl create -f rm-s.json --api-version=v1beta1
+$kubectl create -f rm.json --api-version=v1beta1
+$kubectl create -f rm-s.json --api-version=v1beta1
 sleep 3 # precaution to prevent fe from spinning up too soon.
-kubectl create -f slave-rc.json --api-version=v1beta1
-kubectl create -f rs-s.json --api-version=v1beta1
+$kubectl create -f slave-rc.json --api-version=v1beta1
+$kubectl create -f rs-s.json --api-version=v1beta1
 sleep 3 # see above comment.
-kubectl create -f fe-rc.json --api-version=v1beta1 
-kubectl create -f fe-s.json --api-version=v1beta1
-kubectl create -f bps-load-gen-rc.json --api-version=v1beta1
+$kubectl create -f fe-rc.json --api-version=v1beta1 
+$kubectl create -f fe-s.json --api-version=v1beta1
+$kubectl create -f bps-load-gen-rc.json --api-version=v1beta1
 }
 
 function test {