diff --git a/runtime/kubernetes/service.go b/runtime/kubernetes/service.go
index 72fcc636..7a761437 100644
--- a/runtime/kubernetes/service.go
+++ b/runtime/kubernetes/service.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func newService(s *runtime.Service, c runtime.CreateOptions) *service {
 	}
 
 	// specify the command to exec
-	if len(c.Command) > 0 {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(c.Source, "github.com") && len(c.Command) > 0 {
 		kdeploy.Spec.Template.PodSpec.Containers[0].Command = c.Command
 	}