diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c3ce44c03..e4e090b39f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+CHANGE MADE in test branch test changed again
+
 # Example Voting App
 
 A simple distributed application running across multiple Docker containers.
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/db-deployment.yaml b/k8s-specifications/db-deployment.yaml
index bc94ca7368..279c52c27a 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/db-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/db-deployment.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: "Sync-Wait"
   labels:
     app: db
   name: db
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/db-service.yaml b/k8s-specifications/db-service.yaml
index 104f1e8268..06fd526053 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/db-service.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/db-service.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: "Sync-Wait"
   labels:
     app: db
   name: db
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/redis-deployment.yaml b/k8s-specifications/redis-deployment.yaml
index 24aa52135f..ca67c7ded0 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/redis-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/redis-deployment.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: "Sync-Wait"
   labels:
     app: redis
   name: redis
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/redis-service.yaml b/k8s-specifications/redis-service.yaml
index 809d31d875..ddce482336 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/redis-service.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/redis-service.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "2"
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: "Sync-Wait"
   labels:
     app: redis
   name: redis
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/result-deployment.yaml b/k8s-specifications/result-deployment.yaml
index b85488a667..9b11ca983f 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/result-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/result-deployment.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
   labels:
     app: result
   name: result
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/result-service.yaml b/k8s-specifications/result-service.yaml
index f20e3b1fc6..4fc8d7a87c 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/result-service.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/result-service.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
   labels:
     app: result
   name: result
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/vote-deployment.yaml b/k8s-specifications/vote-deployment.yaml
index 165a9478f8..8265e275e5 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/vote-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/vote-deployment.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
   labels:
     app: vote
   name: vote
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: 2
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: vote
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/vote-service.yaml b/k8s-specifications/vote-service.yaml
index eae29ffcc3..5c95b3729f 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/vote-service.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/vote-service.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
   labels:
     app: vote
   name: vote
diff --git a/k8s-specifications/worker-deployment.yaml b/k8s-specifications/worker-deployment.yaml
index 9e35450aec..8d1484718c 100644
--- a/k8s-specifications/worker-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s-specifications/worker-deployment.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: worker
   name: worker
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "3"
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: "Sync-Wait"
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: 2
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: worker