diff --git a/runtime/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/runtime/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 293597a5..760a824a 100644
--- a/runtime/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/runtime/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -48,12 +48,20 @@ func (k *kubernetes) getService(labels map[string]string) ([]*runtime.Service, e
 		Kind:  "deployment",
 		Value: depList,
 	}
-
-	// get the deployment from k8s
 	if err := k.client.Get(d, labels); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// get the pods from k8s
+	podList := new(client.PodList)
+	p := &client.Resource{
+		Kind:  "pod",
+		Value: podList,
+	}
+	if err := k.client.Get(p, labels); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// service map
 	svcMap := make(map[string]*runtime.Service)
 
@@ -107,37 +115,22 @@ func (k *kubernetes) getService(labels map[string]string) ([]*runtime.Service, e
 				svc.Metadata[k] = v
 			}
 
-			// parse out deployment status and inject into service metadata
-			if len(kdep.Status.Conditions) > 0 {
-				var status string
-				switch kdep.Status.Conditions[0].Type {
-				case "Available":
-					status = "running"
-					delete(svc.Metadata, "error")
-				case "Progressing":
+			// get the status from the pods
+			status := "unknown"
+			if len(podList.Items) > 0 {
+				switch podList.Items[0].Status.Conditions[0].Type {
+				case "PodScheduled":
 					status = "starting"
-					delete(svc.Metadata, "error")
-				default:
-					status = "error"
-					svc.Metadata["error"] = kdep.Status.Conditions[0].Message
+				case "Initialized":
+					status = "starting"
+				case "Ready":
+					status = "ready"
+				case "ContainersReady":
+					status = "ready"
 				}
-				// pick the last known condition type and mark the service status with it
-				log.Debugf("Runtime setting %s service deployment status: %v", name, status)
-				svc.Metadata["status"] = status
 			}
-
-			// parse out deployment build
-			if build, ok := kdep.Spec.Template.Metadata.Annotations["build"]; ok {
-				buildTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, build)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Debugf("Runtime failed parsing build time for %s: %v", name, err)
-					continue
-				}
-				svc.Metadata["build"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", buildTime.Unix())
-				continue
-			}
-			// if no build annotation is found, set it to current time
-			svc.Metadata["build"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", time.Now().Unix())
+			log.Debugf("Runtime setting %s service deployment status: %v", name, status)
+			svc.Metadata["status"] = status
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/util/kubernetes/client/types.go b/util/kubernetes/client/types.go
index f437bccb..b82a80df 100644
--- a/util/kubernetes/client/types.go
+++ b/util/kubernetes/client/types.go
@@ -103,8 +103,16 @@ type Pod struct {
 
 // PodStatus
 type PodStatus struct {
-	PodIP string `json:"podIP"`
-	Phase string `json:"phase"`
+	PodIP      string         `json:"podIP"`
+	Phase      string         `json:"phase"`
+	Conditions []PodCondition `json:"conditions,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// PodCondition describes the state of pod
+type PodCondition struct {
+	Type    string `json:"type"`
+	Reason  string `json:"reason,omitempty"`
+	Message string `json:"message,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Resource is API resource