diff --git a/app/kubernetes/horizontal-pod-auto-scaler/converter.js b/app/kubernetes/horizontal-pod-auto-scaler/converter.js
index 12841b0bf..2647cdd79 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/horizontal-pod-auto-scaler/converter.js
+++ b/app/kubernetes/horizontal-pod-auto-scaler/converter.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class KubernetesHorizontalPodAutoScalerConverter {
     res.Namespace = formValues.ResourcePool.Namespace.Name;
     res.MinReplicas = formValues.AutoScaler.minReplicas;
     res.MaxReplicas = formValues.AutoScaler.maxReplicas;
-    res.TargetCPUUtilization = formValues.AutoScaler.targetCpuUtilizationPercentage;
+    res.targetCpuUtilizationPercentage = formValues.AutoScaler.targetCpuUtilizationPercentage;
     res.TargetEntity.Name = formValues.Name;
     res.TargetEntity.Kind = kind;
     res.TargetEntity.ApiVersion = formValues.AutoScaler.apiVersion;
diff --git a/app/kubernetes/horizontal-pod-auto-scaler/models.js b/app/kubernetes/horizontal-pod-auto-scaler/models.js
index 1e4bf9122..05061830f 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/horizontal-pod-auto-scaler/models.js
+++ b/app/kubernetes/horizontal-pod-auto-scaler/models.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const _KubernetesHorizontalPodAutoScaler = Object.freeze({
   Name: '',
   MinReplicas: 1,
   MaxReplicas: 1,
-  TargetCPUUtilization: 0,
+  targetCpuUtilizationPercentage: 0,
   TargetEntity: {
     ApiVersion: '',
     Kind: '',
diff --git a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplicationController.js b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplicationController.js
index 0baa7971e..9db29fb5d 100644
--- a/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplicationController.js
+++ b/app/kubernetes/views/applications/create/createApplicationController.js
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ class KubernetesCreateApplicationController {
   /* #region  AUTO SCALER UI MANAGEMENT */
   onAutoScaleChange(values) {
     return this.$async(async () => {
+      // when enabling the auto scaler, set the default values
       if (!this.formValues.AutoScaler.isUsed && values.isUsed) {
         this.formValues.AutoScaler = {
           isUsed: values.isUsed,
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ class KubernetesCreateApplicationController {
         };
         return;
       }
+      // otherwise, just update the values
       this.formValues.AutoScaler = values;
     });
   }