diff --git a/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-configmap.yaml b/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-configmap.yaml
index bf6109b68..286ba5f77 100644
--- a/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-configmap.yaml
+++ b/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-configmap.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ data:
     image_name: kubernetes-benchmark-demo
     apis:
     - agents
+    - files
     - inference
     - files
     - safety
@@ -23,6 +24,14 @@ data:
       - provider_id: sentence-transformers
         provider_type: inline::sentence-transformers
         config: {}
+      files:
+      - provider_id: meta-reference-files
+        provider_type: inline::localfs
+        config:
+          storage_dir: ${env.FILES_STORAGE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter/files}
+          metadata_store:
+            type: sqlite
+            db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/files_metadata.db
       vector_io:
       - provider_id: ${env.ENABLE_CHROMADB:+chromadb}
         provider_type: remote::chromadb
diff --git a/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-k8s.yaml.template b/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-k8s.yaml.template
index 9cb1e5be3..80867bac9 100644
--- a/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-k8s.yaml.template
+++ b/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-k8s.yaml.template
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: llama-stack-benchmark
-        image: llamastack/distribution-starter:latest
+        image: ehhuang/distribution-starter:latest
         imagePullPolicy: Always # since we have specified latest instead of a version
         env:
         - name: ENABLE_CHROMADB
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ spec:
           value: http://vllm-server-safety.default.svc.cluster.local:8001/v1
         - name: VLLM_TLS_VERIFY
           value: "false"
+        - name: LLAMA_STACK_LOGGING
+          value: "all=WARNING"
         command: ["python", "-m", "llama_stack.core.server.server", "/etc/config/stack_run_config.yaml", "--port", "8323"]
         ports:
           - containerPort: 8323