diff --git a/tdrs-backend/plg/deploy.sh b/tdrs-backend/plg/deploy.sh
index a93704c3f..c3264f5ed 100755
--- a/tdrs-backend/plg/deploy.sh
+++ b/tdrs-backend/plg/deploy.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ help() {
     echo "a     Deploy the entire PLG stack."
     echo "p     Deploy a postgres exporter. Requires -u and -d"
     echo "u     Requires -p. The database URI the exporter should connect with."
-    echo "d     Requires -p. The Cloud Foundry service name of the RDS instance."
+    echo "d     The Cloud Foundry service name of the RDS instance. Should be included with all deployments."
     echo
 }
 
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ deploy_grafana() {
     APP_NAME="grafana"
     DATASOURCES="datasources.yml"
     cp datasources.template.yml $DATASOURCES
+    MANIFEST=manifest.tmp.yml
+    cp manifest.yml $MANIFEST
 
     yq eval -i ".datasources[0].url = \"http://prometheus.apps.internal:8080\""  $DATASOURCES
     yq eval -i ".datasources[1].url = \"http://loki.apps.internal:8080\""  $DATASOURCES
+    yq eval -i ".applications[0].services[0] = \"$1\""  $MANIFEST
 
     cf push --no-route -f manifest.yml -t 180  --strategy rolling
     # cf map-route $APP_NAME apps.internal --hostname $APP_NAME
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ deploy_grafana() {
     cf add-network-policy $APP_NAME prometheus --protocol tcp --port 8080
     cf add-network-policy $APP_NAME loki --protocol tcp --port 8080
     rm $DATASOURCES
+    rm $MANIFEST
     popd
 }
 
@@ -69,6 +73,14 @@ deploy_loki() {
     popd
 }
 
+err_help_exit() {
+    echo $1
+    echo
+    help
+    popd
+    exit
+}
+
 while getopts ":hap:u:d:" option; do
    case $option in
       h) # display Help
@@ -81,7 +93,7 @@ while getopts ":hap:u:d:" option; do
          DEPLOY="pg-exporter";;
       u) # Bind a Postgres exporter to $DB_URI
          DB_URI=$OPTARG;;
-      d) # Bind a Postgres exporter to $DB_SERVICE_NAME
+      d) # Bind a Postgres exporter or Grafana to $DB_SERVICE_NAME
          DB_SERVICE_NAME=$OPTARG;;
      \?) # Invalid option
          echo "Error: Invalid option"
@@ -95,18 +107,17 @@ if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 pushd "$(dirname "$0")"
+if [ "$DB_URI" == "" ] || [ "$DB_SERVICE_NAME" == "" ]; then
+    err_help_exit "Error: you must include a database service name."
+fi
 if [ "$DEPLOY" == "plg" ]; then
     deploy_prometheus
     deploy_loki
     deploy_grafana
 fi
 if [ "$DEPLOY" == "pg-exporter" ]; then
-    if [ "$DB_URI" == "" ] || [ "$DB_SERVICE_NAME" == "" ]; then
-        echo "Error: you must also pass -u and -d when deploying a postgres exporter."
-        echo
-        help
-        popd
-        exit
+    if [ "$DB_URI" == "" ]; then
+        err_help_exit "Error: you must provide a database uri when deploying a postgres exporter."
     fi
     deploy_pg_exporter $ENV $DB_URI $DB_SERVICE_NAME
 fi
diff --git a/tdrs-backend/plg/grafana/manifest.yml b/tdrs-backend/plg/grafana/manifest.yml
index 199a8b053..94b8fab33 100644
--- a/tdrs-backend/plg/grafana/manifest.yml
+++ b/tdrs-backend/plg/grafana/manifest.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ applications:
       cfg:default.paths.provisioning="$GF_PATHS_PROVISIONING"
     buildpacks:
     - https://github.com/cloudfoundry/binary-buildpack
+    services:
+      - {{ rds_service }}