diff --git a/deploy/assisted-image-service.yaml b/deploy/assisted-image-service.yaml
index 5888ee10830..22410c28fcf 100644
--- a/deploy/assisted-image-service.yaml
+++ b/deploy/assisted-image-service.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ items:
               requests:
                 cpu: 100m
                 memory: 400Mi
-            image: quay.io/edge-infrastructure/assisted-image-service:latest
+            image: REPLACE_IMAGE_SERVICE_IMAGE
             ports:
               - containerPort: 8080
             readinessProbe:
diff --git a/tools/deploy_image_service.py b/tools/deploy_image_service.py
index ee1c8a6279b..4aba63297ef 100644
--- a/tools/deploy_image_service.py
+++ b/tools/deploy_image_service.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import os
-import utils
 import argparse
+import os
+
 import yaml
+
 import deployment_options
+import utils
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 deploy_options = deployment_options.load_deployment_options(parser)
@@ -11,13 +13,17 @@
 SRC_FILE = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'deploy/assisted-image-service.yaml')
 DST_FILE = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'build', deploy_options.namespace, 'assisted-image-service.yaml')
 
+
 def main():
     utils.verify_build_directory(deploy_options.namespace)
 
     with open(SRC_FILE, "r") as src:
+        log.info(f"Loading source template file for assisted-image-service: {SRC_FILE}")
         raw_data = src.read()
         raw_data = raw_data.replace('REPLACE_NAMESPACE', f'"{deploy_options.namespace}"')
+        raw_data = raw_data.replace('REPLACE_IMAGE_SERVICE_IMAGE', os.environ.get("IMAGE_SERVICE"))
         data = yaml.safe_load(raw_data)
+        log.info(data)
 
     with open(DST_FILE, "w+") as dst:
         yaml.dump(data, dst, default_flow_style=False)
@@ -32,5 +38,6 @@ def main():
         file=DST_FILE
     )
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()