diff --git a/hack/demoenv/exporters-statefulset.yaml b/hack/demoenv/exporters-statefulset.yaml
index 46e31b8..766cebc 100644
--- a/hack/demoenv/exporters-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/hack/demoenv/exporters-statefulset.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       restartPolicy: Always
       containers:
       - name: jumpstarter-exporter
-        image: quay.io/jumpstarter-dev/jumpstarter:latest
+        image: quay.io/jumpstarter-dev/jumpstarter:0.5.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: JUMPSTARTER_GRPC_INSECURE
diff --git a/hack/demoenv/prepare_exporters.sh b/hack/demoenv/prepare_exporters.sh
index 2cabe20..5546e5f 100755
--- a/hack/demoenv/prepare_exporters.sh
+++ b/hack/demoenv/prepare_exporters.sh
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ EOF
     kubectl label exporter -n "${NAMESPACE}" "${EXPORTER_NAME}" device-type=can
 done
 
-kubectl delete statefulset -n jumpstarter-exporters exporters
-kubectl delete statefulset -n jumpstarter-exporters vcan-exporters
+kubectl delete statefulset -n jumpstarter-exporters exporter vcan-exporter
+kubectl delete pod --all -n jumpstarter-exporters --force --grace-period=0
 
-kubectl create namespace jumpstarter-exporters
+kubectl create namespace jumpstarter-exporters || true
 kubectl apply -k ./hack/demoenv/
 
 echo "Waiting for exporters to be ready...."
diff --git a/hack/demoenv/vcan-exporters-statefulset.yaml b/hack/demoenv/vcan-exporters-statefulset.yaml
index 94cb445..651c6fe 100644
--- a/hack/demoenv/vcan-exporters-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/hack/demoenv/vcan-exporters-statefulset.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       restartPolicy: Always
       containers:
       - name: jumpstarter-exporter
-        image: quay.io/jumpstarter-dev/jumpstarter:latest
+        image: quay.io/jumpstarter-dev/jumpstarter:0.5.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: JUMPSTARTER_GRPC_INSECURE