diff --git a/charts/taraxa-node/Chart.yaml b/charts/taraxa-node/Chart.yaml
index a9b46b465c..25c04f91a8 100644
--- a/charts/taraxa-node/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/taraxa-node/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: "1.0"
 description: Kubernetes helm chart for Taraxa blockchain full node implementation.
 name: taraxa-node
-version: 0.3.11
+version: 0.3.12
 keywords:
   - blockchain
   - taraxa
diff --git a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/taraxa-node-service.yaml b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/taraxa-node-service.yaml
index 7b3dab0832..7e081c7d22 100644
--- a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/taraxa-node-service.yaml
+++ b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/taraxa-node-service.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ spec:
       protocol: {{ $port.protocol }}
       {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
 
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ spec:
       protocol: {{ $port.protocol }}
       {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
 
 {{ if .Values.node.loadBalancer.enabled }}
 {{- range $key, $value := .Values.node.loadBalancer.addresses }}
diff --git a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/transaction-generation-statefulset.yaml b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/transaction-generation-statefulset.yaml
index c620d5b3fb..9488ea2b4c 100644
--- a/charts/taraxa-node/templates/transaction-generation-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/taraxa-node/templates/transaction-generation-statefulset.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
                 name: {{ .Release.Name }}
                 key: TRANSACTION_GENERATION_PRIVATE_KEY
           - name: PROVIDER_URL
-            value: http://{{ include "taraxa-node.fullname" . }}-head:7777
+            value: http://{{ include "taraxa-consensus-node.fullname" . }}:7777
           command: ["/bin/bash", "-c", "--"]
           args: [ "pip install -r /app/requirements.txt && python /app/transactions.py" ]
           volumeMounts: