diff --git a/cmd/dkl-dir2config/render-cluster.go b/cmd/dkl-dir2config/render-cluster.go
index 4b227e3..366d6a8 100644
--- a/cmd/dkl-dir2config/render-cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/dkl-dir2config/render-cluster.go
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ func renderBootstrapPodsDS(cluster *clustersconfig.Cluster) string {
 				"selector": map[string]interface{}{
 					"matchLabels": labels,
 				},
-				"template": pod,
+				"template": map[string]interface{}{
+					"metadata": pod["metadata"],
+					"spec":     pod["spec"],
+				},
 			},
 		})