diff --git a/internal/controller/config/templates/deployment.yaml.tmpl b/internal/controller/config/templates/deployment.yaml.tmpl
index 92bd439..40dbbe7 100644
--- a/internal/controller/config/templates/deployment.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/internal/controller/config/templates/deployment.yaml.tmpl
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ spec:
         - args:
             - --hostname=0.0.0.0
             - --port={{.Spec.Rest.Port}}
-            #- --mlmd-hostname=localhost
-            #- --mlmd-port={{.Spec.Grpc.Port}}
+            - --mlmd-hostname=localhost
+            - --mlmd-port={{.Spec.Grpc.Port}}
           command:
             - /model-registry
             - proxy