diff --git a/deploy/istio/backend-grey-dep.yaml b/deploy/istio/backend-grey-dep.yaml
index cf3c9e7..2fc21a5 100644
--- a/deploy/istio/backend-grey-dep.yaml
+++ b/deploy/istio/backend-grey-dep.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: podinfod
-        image: quay.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:0.6.0-rc.1
+        image: quay.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:0.6.0-rc.3
         command:
           - ./podinfo
           - -port=9898
diff --git a/deploy/istio/backend-orange-dep.yaml b/deploy/istio/backend-orange-dep.yaml
index bff4a20..2ecad1a 100644
--- a/deploy/istio/backend-orange-dep.yaml
+++ b/deploy/istio/backend-orange-dep.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: podinfod
-        image: quay.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:0.6.0-rc.1
+        image: quay.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:0.6.0-rc.3
         command:
           - ./podinfo
           - -port=9898
diff --git a/deploy/istio/backend-virtual-service.yaml b/deploy/istio/backend-virtual-service.yaml
index 25bf5dc..0be42ab 100644
--- a/deploy/istio/backend-virtual-service.yaml
+++ b/deploy/istio/backend-virtual-service.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ spec:
   # new version
   # forward 100% of the traffic to orange
   - match:
-    - headers:
-        x-api-version:
-          regex: "^(v{0,1})0\\.6\\.([0-9]{1,3}).*"
+#    - headers:
+#        x-api-version:
+#          regex: "^(v{0,1})0\\.6\\.([0-9]{1,3}).*"
+    - sourceLabels:
+        color: blue
     route:
-     - destination:
+    - destination:
         host: podinfo-backend
         subset: orange
     timeout: 20s
diff --git a/deploy/istio/blue-dep.yaml b/deploy/istio/blue-dep.yaml
index 2ed42b7..33fca3a 100644
--- a/deploy/istio/blue-dep.yaml
+++ b/deploy/istio/blue-dep.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: podinfod
-        image: quay.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:0.6.0-rc.1
+        image: quay.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:0.6.0-rc.3
         command:
           - ./podinfo
           - -port=9898
diff --git a/deploy/istio/store-dep.yaml b/deploy/istio/store-dep.yaml
index 92c95bf..dee8c86 100644
--- a/deploy/istio/store-dep.yaml
+++ b/deploy/istio/store-dep.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: podinfod
-        image: quay.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:0.6.0-rc.1
+        image: quay.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:0.6.0-rc.3
         command:
           - ./podinfo
           - -port=9898
diff --git a/deploy/istio/store-virtual-service.yaml b/deploy/istio/store-virtual-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..278aab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/istio/store-virtual-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3
+kind: VirtualService
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo-store
+spec:
+  hosts:
+  - podinfo-store
+  http:
+  - match:
+    - sourceLabels:
+        color: orange
+    route:
+    - destination:
+        host: podinfo-store
+    timeout: 15s
+    fault:
+      delay:
+        percent: 50
+        fixedDelay: 500ms
+      abort:
+        percent: 50
+        httpStatus: 500
+  - route:
+    - destination:
+        host: podinfo-store
+    timeout: 15s
diff --git a/pkg/server/handlers.go b/pkg/server/handlers.go
index 0c12d17..250b27d 100644
--- a/pkg/server/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/server/handlers.go
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ func (s *Server) backend(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				return
 			}
 			defer resp.Body.Close()
+			if resp.StatusCode >= 500 {
+				w.WriteHeader(resp.StatusCode)
+				return
+			}
 			rbody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error().Msgf("Reading the backend request body failed: %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 3057b20..bf12ff1 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package version
 
-var VERSION = "0.6.0-rc.1"
+var VERSION = "0.6.0-rc.3"
 var GITCOMMIT = "unknown"