diff --git a/sync-waves/manifests.yaml b/sync-waves/manifests.yaml
index bea6a1e..11fddf1 100644
--- a/sync-waves/manifests.yaml
+++ b/sync-waves/manifests.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ kind: ReplicaSet
 metadata:
   name: backend
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       tier: backend
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       tier: frontend
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ spec:
         - name: page-down
           image: alpine:latest
           command: ["sleep", "2"]
-      restartPolicy: Never
\ No newline at end of file
+      restartPolicy: Never