diff --git a/cli/cmd/tap.go b/cli/cmd/tap.go
index 7985a10c1..a8b67d603 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/tap.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tap.go
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ type MizuTapOptions struct {
 	AnalyzeDestination     string
 	KubeConfigPath         string
 	MizuImage              string
-	MizuPodPort            uint16
 	PlainTextFilterRegexes []string
 	TapOutgoing            bool
-	ServiceType            string
 }
 
 var mizuTapOptions = &MizuTapOptions{}
@@ -69,8 +67,6 @@ func init() {
 	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&mizuTapOptions.AllNamespaces, "all-namespaces", "A", false, "Tap all namespaces")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.KubeConfigPath, "kube-config", "k", "", "Path to kube-config file")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.MizuImage, "mizu-image", "", fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/up9-docker-hub/mizu/%s:latest", mizu.Branch), "Custom image for mizu collector")
-	tapCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&mizuTapOptions.MizuPodPort, "mizu-port", "", 8899, "Port which mizu cli will attempt to forward from the mizu collector pod")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&mizuTapOptions.PlainTextFilterRegexes, "regex-masking", "r", nil, "List of regex expressions that are used to filter matching values from text/plain http bodies")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&direction, "direction", "", "in", "Record traffic that goes in this direction (relative to the tapped pod): in/any")
-	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.ServiceType, "service-type", "", "ClusterIP", "Set a service type for mizu collector's kubernetes service")
 }
diff --git a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
index 089a34c97..b1b0c2326 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func createMizuAggregator(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Pr
 		return err
 	}
 
-	aggregatorService, err = kubernetesProvider.CreateService(ctx, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.AggregatorPodName, mizu.AggregatorPodName, tappingOptions.ServiceType)
+	aggregatorService, err = kubernetesProvider.CreateService(ctx, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.AggregatorPodName, mizu.AggregatorPodName)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error creating mizu collector service: %v\n", err)
 		return err
@@ -244,12 +244,11 @@ func portForwardApiPod(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provi
 				go func() {
 					err := kubernetes.StartProxy(kubernetesProvider, tappingOptions.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.AggregatorPodName)
 					if err != nil {
-						fmt.Printf("Error starting k8s proxy %v\n", err)
+						fmt.Printf("Error occured while running k8s proxy %v\n", err)
 						cancel()
-					} else {
-						fmt.Printf("Mizu is available at  http://%s\n", kubernetes.GetMizuCollectorProxiesHostAndPath(tappingOptions.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.AggregatorPodName))
 					}
 				}()
+				fmt.Printf("Mizu is available at  http://%s\n", kubernetes.GetMizuCollectorProxiesHostAndPath(tappingOptions.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.AggregatorPodName))
 
 				isPodReady = true
 			}
diff --git a/cli/cmd/view.go b/cli/cmd/view.go
index 529c756b1..acb2091c9 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/view.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/view.go
@@ -4,15 +4,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+type MizuViewOptions struct {
+	GuiPort                uint16
+}
+
+var mizuViewOptions = &MizuViewOptions{}
+
 var viewCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "view",
 	Short: "Open GUI in browser",
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		runMizuView()
+		runMizuView(mizuViewOptions)
 		return nil
 	},
 }
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(viewCmd)
+
+	viewCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&mizuViewOptions.GuiPort, "gui-port", "p", 8899, "Provide a custom port for the web interface webserver")
+
 }
diff --git a/cli/cmd/viewRunner.go b/cli/cmd/viewRunner.go
index 059a9b2e2..9a35e43a2 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/viewRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/viewRunner.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-func runMizuView() {
+func runMizuView(mizuViewOptions *MizuViewOptions) {
 	kubernetesProvider := kubernetes.NewProvider("")
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ func runMizuView() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	_, err = http.Get("http://localhost:8899/")
+	mizuProxiedUrl := kubernetes.GetMizuCollectorProxiesHostAndPath(mizuViewOptions.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.AggregatorPodName)
+	_, err = http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/", mizuProxiedUrl))
 	if err == nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Found a running service %s and open port 8899\n", mizu.AggregatorPodName)
+		fmt.Printf("Found a running service %s and open port %d\n", mizu.AggregatorPodName, mizuViewOptions.GuiPort)
 		return
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("Found service %s, creating port forwarding to 8899\n", mizu.AggregatorPodName)
-	portForwardApiPod(ctx, kubernetesProvider, cancel, &MizuTapOptions{GuiPort: 8899, MizuPodPort: 8899})
+	fmt.Printf("Found service %s, creating k8s proxy\n", mizu.AggregatorPodName)
+
+	fmt.Printf("Mizu is available at  http://%s\n", kubernetes.GetMizuCollectorProxiesHostAndPath(mizuViewOptions.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.AggregatorPodName))
+	err = kubernetes.StartProxy(kubernetesProvider, mizuViewOptions.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.AggregatorPodName)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error occured while running k8s proxy %v\n", err)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cli/kubernetes/provider.go b/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
index 39a5bf848..0bf40c1b8 100644
--- a/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
+++ b/cli/kubernetes/provider.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (provider *Provider) CreateMizuAggregatorPod(ctx context.Context, namespace
 	return provider.clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Create(ctx, pod, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 }
 
-func (provider *Provider) CreateService(ctx context.Context, namespace string, serviceName string, appLabelValue string, serviceType string) (*core.Service, error) {
+func (provider *Provider) CreateService(ctx context.Context, namespace string, serviceName string, appLabelValue string) (*core.Service, error) {
 	service := core.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      serviceName,
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (provider *Provider) CreateService(ctx context.Context, namespace string, s
 		},
 		Spec: core.ServiceSpec{
 			Ports:    []core.ServicePort{{TargetPort: intstr.FromInt(8899), Port: 80}},
-			Type:     core.ServiceType(serviceType),
+			Type:     core.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
 			Selector: map[string]string{"app": appLabelValue},
 		},
 	}