diff --git a/admin/README.md b/admin/README.md
index f4c2b86ca0f468dfe26a73ef7b9b17c73189e8eb..b893027a9dfa87268fc95ed0dc82b02b999718cc 100644
--- a/admin/README.md
+++ b/admin/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ it can't make all of the replicas (only one replica per node).
 At the time of writing, kubekorner has had its longhorn instance installed with:
 
 ```bash
-helm install longhorn ./chart/ --namespace longhorn-system --set defaultSettings.defaultReplicaCount=1 --set persistence.defaultClassReplicaCount=1  --set ingress.enabled=true --set ingress.host="kubekorner.ssec.wisc.edu" --set defaultSettings.defaultDataPath="/data"
+helm install longhorn ./chart/ --namespace longhorn-system --set persistence.defaultClass=false --set defaultSettings.defaultReplicaCount=1 --set persistence.defaultClassReplicaCount=1  --set ingress.enabled=true --set ingress.host="kubekorner.ssec.wisc.edu" --set defaultSettings.defaultDataPath="/data"
 ```
 
 From the webUI or following longhorn's current instructions we can change most
diff --git a/helpers/deploy_rabbitmq.sh b/helpers/deploy_rabbitmq.sh
index 3dcda61ad6711d7cf27f19304bd09c68cfb7dc8b..286e47097e607827bf84060f4d6f9f755273ed38 100755
--- a/helpers/deploy_rabbitmq.sh
+++ b/helpers/deploy_rabbitmq.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cp $kubekorner_k3s_config .
 kubeconfig=$(basename $kubekorner_k3s_config)
 # get password from any previous installation
 # if we don't do this the password will get out of sync
-sec_info=$(kubectl --kubeconfig $kubeconfig get secret --namespace geosphere-test geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq || echo "")
+sec_info=$(kubectl --kubeconfig $kubeconfig get secret --namespace $ns geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq || echo "")
 echo $sec_info
 auth_sec="geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq"
 if [[ "$sec_info" != "" ]]; then
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ helm upgrade -v 2 --install --kubeconfig $kubeconfig -f ${values_base}/values-ge
 # do a little waiting for the rabbitmq pod to be ready so future stages
 # don't fail to communicate with it
 echo "Start waiting for rabbitmq: $(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S)"
-kubectl2 wait --kubeconfig $kubeconfig -n $ns pod/geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq-0 --timeout 120s --for=condition=Ready
+kubectl wait --kubeconfig $kubeconfig -n $ns pod/geosphere-rabbit-rabbitmq-0 --timeout 120s --for=condition=Ready
 status=$?
 echo "Done waiting for rabbitmq: $(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S) : $status"
 exit $status
diff --git a/helpers/shell_aliases.sh b/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
index 0079eb493ab558f7b568e1341fd4a528d3411b4e..70fabf3072159b8184cca9108c710836400d3195 100644
--- a/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
+++ b/helpers/shell_aliases.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,3 @@ kubectl() {
     docker run -a stdout --rm -v $(pwd):/apps -w /apps alpine/k8s:1.18.2 kubectl "$@"
 }
 export -f kubectl
-
-kubectl2() {
-    docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/apps -w /apps alpine/k8s:1.18.2 kubectl "$@"
-}
-export -f kubectl2