diff --git a/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar b/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar
index 09e1aa203cf..72a6b33a75e 100644
Binary files a/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar and b/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/java/pom.xml b/examples/cassandra/java/pom.xml
index 0df1e54675d..b7a131907e0 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/java/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/cassandra/java/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>io.k8s.cassandra</groupId>
   <artifactId>kubernetes-cassandra</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.3</version>
+  <version>0.0.4</version>
   <build>
     <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/java/src/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java b/examples/cassandra/java/src/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java
index 3274da19831..e4bf73be911 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/java/src/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java
+++ b/examples/cassandra/java/src/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class KubernetesSeedProvider implements SeedProvider {
 
     public List<InetAddress> getSeeds() {
         List<InetAddress> list = new ArrayList<InetAddress>();
-        String host = "https://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local";
+        String host = getEnvOrDefault("KUBERNETES_API_HOST","https://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local");
         String serviceName = getEnvOrDefault("CASSANDRA_SERVICE", "cassandra");
         String podNamespace = getEnvOrDefault("POD_NAMESPACE", "default");
         String path = String.format("/api/v1/namespaces/%s/endpoints/", podNamespace);