diff --git a/promenade/templates/genesis/etc/kubernetes/kubelet/manifests/asset-loader.yaml b/promenade/templates/genesis/etc/kubernetes/kubelet/manifests/asset-loader.yaml
index 36d2e969..227267c0 100644
--- a/promenade/templates/genesis/etc/kubernetes/kubelet/manifests/asset-loader.yaml
+++ b/promenade/templates/genesis/etc/kubernetes/kubelet/manifests/asset-loader.yaml
@@ -20,15 +20,26 @@ spec:
             set -x
             while true; do
               sleep 10
-              /kubectl \
-                --kubeconfig /etc/kubernetes/asset-loader/kubeconfig.yaml \
-                apply -f /etc/kubernetes/asset-loader/assets
+              if /kubectl \
+                  --kubeconfig /etc/kubernetes/asset-loader/kubeconfig.yaml \
+                  apply -f /etc/kubernetes/asset-loader/assets; then
+                break
+              fi
             done
+
+            rm -rf /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/manifests/asset-loader.yaml
+            # Sleep so that kubelet doesn't restart this pod before it kills it
+            sleep 10000
       volumeMounts:
         - name: config
           mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/asset-loader
           readOnly: true
+        - name: manifests
+          mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/manifests
   volumes:
     - name: config
       hostPath:
         path: /etc/kubernetes/asset-loader
+    - name: manifests
+      hostPath:
+        path: /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/manifests