diff --git a/app/kubernetes/services/applicationService.js b/app/kubernetes/services/applicationService.js
index cc7613081..5eaa865bd 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/services/applicationService.js
+++ b/app/kubernetes/services/applicationService.js
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ class KubernetesApplicationService {
     }
 
     if (service) {
-      await this.KubernetesServiceService.create(service);
       if (formValues.PublishingType === KubernetesApplicationPublishingTypes.INGRESS) {
         const ingresses = KubernetesIngressConverter.applicationFormValuesToIngresses(formValues, service.Name);
         await Promise.all(this._generateIngressPatchPromises(formValues.OriginalIngresses, ingresses));
@@ -281,19 +280,24 @@ class KubernetesApplicationService {
    *    in this method should also be displayed in the summary output (getUpdatedApplicationResources)
    */
   async patchAsync(oldFormValues, newFormValues) {
-    const [oldApp, oldHeadlessService, oldServices, oldService, oldClaims] = KubernetesApplicationConverter.applicationFormValuesToApplication(oldFormValues);
-    const [newApp, newHeadlessService, newServices, newService, newClaims] = KubernetesApplicationConverter.applicationFormValuesToApplication(newFormValues);
+    const [oldApp, oldHeadlessService, oldServices, , oldClaims] = KubernetesApplicationConverter.applicationFormValuesToApplication(oldFormValues);
+    const [newApp, newHeadlessService, newServices, , newClaims] = KubernetesApplicationConverter.applicationFormValuesToApplication(newFormValues);
     const oldApiService = this._getApplicationApiService(oldApp);
     const newApiService = this._getApplicationApiService(newApp);
 
     if (oldApiService !== newApiService) {
-      await this.delete(oldApp);
-      if (oldService) {
-        await this.KubernetesServiceService.delete(oldService);
-      }
-      if (newService) {
-        return '';
+      // delete services first
+      if (oldServices) {
+        await this.KubernetesServiceService.delete(oldServices);
       }
+
+      // delete the app
+      await this.delete(oldApp);
+
+      // sleep for 5 seconds to allow the app/services to be deleted
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000));
+
+      // create the app
       return await this.create(newFormValues);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/kubernetes/services/serviceService.js b/app/kubernetes/services/serviceService.js
index 30aa82d07..2fa783a8c 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/services/serviceService.js
+++ b/app/kubernetes/services/serviceService.js
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ class KubernetesServiceService {
     services.forEach(async (service) => {
       try {
         const params = new KubernetesCommonParams();
-        params.id = service.metadata.name;
-        const namespace = service.metadata.namespace;
+        params.id = (service.metadata && service.metadata.name) || service.Name;
+        const namespace = (service.metadata && service.metadata.namespace) || service.Namespace;
         await this.KubernetesServices(namespace).delete(params).$promise;
       } catch (err) {
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console