diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/codecoapp_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/codecoapp_types.go
index 50afdbe3eb08f9295478e87349421252ed4559c9..0ccc016d4bc96c40987fec3202069f8970a082f3 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/codecoapp_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/codecoapp_types.go
@@ -49,21 +49,17 @@ const (
 
 // CodecoAppResource defines the resource consumption of CodecoApp
 type CodecoAppResource struct {
-	//+kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
 	//+kubebuilder:validation:default=100
-	CpuUsagePct uint64 `json:"cpu-usage-pct,omitempty"`
+	CpuUsagePct string `json:"cpu,omitempty"`
 
-	//+kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
 	//+kubebuilder:validation:default=8
-	MemUsageGB uint64 `json:"mem-usage-GB,omitempty"`
+	MemUsageGB string `json:"mem,omitempty"`
 
-	//+kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
 	//+kubebuilder:validation:default=25
-	NWBandwidthMbs uint64 `json:"nwbandwidth-Mbs,omitempty"`
+	NWBandwidthMbs string `json:"nwbandwidth,omitempty"`
 
-	//+kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
 	//+kubebuilder:validation:default=10
-	NWLatencyMs uint64 `json:"nwlatency-ms,omitempty"`
+	NWLatencyMs string `json:"nwlatency,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CodecoAppMSSpec defines the desired state of CodecoApp micro service
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/codeco.he-codeco.eu_codecoapps.yaml b/config/crd/bases/codeco.he-codeco.eu_codecoapps.yaml
index 0cbe415a703b454eccdd7e0541763317f0790194..c8d0bfed999074d669d3227abb56c1af8122e161 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/codeco.he-codeco.eu_codecoapps.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/codeco.he-codeco.eu_codecoapps.yaml
@@ -55,22 +55,14 @@ spec:
                         micro service required resources. Edit codecoapp_types.go
                         to remove/update
                       properties:
-                        cpu-usage-pct:
-                          format: int64
-                          minimum: 0
-                          type: integer
-                        mem-usage-GB:
-                          format: int64
-                          minimum: 0
-                          type: integer
-                        nwbandwidth-Mbs:
-                          format: int64
-                          minimum: 0
-                          type: integer
-                        nwlatency-ms:
-                          format: int64
-                          minimum: 0
-                          type: integer
+                        cpu:
+                          type: string
+                        mem:
+                          type: string
+                        nwbandwidth:
+                          type: string
+                        nwlatency:
+                          type: string
                       type: object
                   required:
                   - name
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 6beebd8d87eaa4e7bda7d8840d1b50901000442b..97b3504c557f4b456c62e649a541335baa01cfc4 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: controller
   newName: quay.io/jsalomon/codecoapp-test
-  newTag: v0.0.4
+  newTag: v0.0.5
diff --git a/config/samples/codeco_v1alpha1_codecoapp.yaml b/config/samples/codeco_v1alpha1_codecoapp.yaml
index 18f2b4990a33d52d00246a33a90818cfaf786b91..dd2ea28e9f6d90f689d2e8908cba27a6aefcbf0c 100644
--- a/config/samples/codeco_v1alpha1_codecoapp.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/codeco_v1alpha1_codecoapp.yaml
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ spec:
       name: "CODECO micro service 1",
       podspecname: "MicroService1",
       required-resources: {
-        cpu-usage-pct: 200,
-        mem-usage-GB: 120,
-        nwbandwidth-Mbs: 10
+        cpu:          "2",
+        mem:          120G,
+        nwbandwidth:  10M
       }
     },
     {
       name: "CODECO micro service 2",
       podspecname: "MicroService2",
       required-resources: {
-        cpu-usage-pct: 150,
-        mem-usage-GB: 80,
-        nwbandwidth-Mbs: 20
+        cpu:          1500m,
+        mem:          80G,
+        nwbandwidth:  20M
       }
     },
   ]