diff --git a/cmd/helm/deploy.go b/cmd/helm/deploy.go
index c6042dba7..3e33572e0 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/deploy.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/deploy.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func deploy(c *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return NewClient(c).PostDeployment(cfg)
+	return NewClient(c).PostDeployment(cfg.Resources[0].Name, cfg)
 }
 
 // isLocalChart returns true if the given path can be statted.
diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index 6aa8183ad..5780917db 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package client
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/kubernetes/deployment-manager/pkg/common"
 )
 
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ func (c *Client) agent() string {
 // CallService is a low-level function for making an API call.
 //
 // This calls the service and then unmarshals the returned data into dest.
-func (c *Client) CallService(path, method, action string, dest interface{}, reader io.ReadCloser) error {
+func (c *Client) CallService(path, method, action string, dest interface{}, reader io.Reader) error {
 	u, err := c.url(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ func (c *Client) CallService(path, method, action string, dest interface{}, read
 }
 
 // callHTTP is  a low-level primitive for executing HTTP operations.
-func (c *Client) callHTTP(path, method, action string, reader io.ReadCloser) (string, error) {
+func (c *Client) callHTTP(path, method, action string, reader io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	request, err := http.NewRequest(method, path, reader)
 
 	// TODO: dynamically set version
@@ -280,7 +282,25 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteDeployment(name string) (*common.Deployment, error) {
 	return deployment, nil
 }
 
-// PostDeployment posts a deployment objec to the manager service.
-func (c *Client) PostDeployment(cfg *common.Configuration) error {
-	return c.CallService("/deployments", "POST", "post deployment", cfg, nil)
+// PostDeployment posts a deployment object to the manager service.
+func (c *Client) PostDeployment(name string, cfg *common.Configuration) error {
+	d, err := yaml.Marshal(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// This is a stop-gap until we get this API cleaned up.
+	t := common.Template{
+		Name:    name,
+		Content: string(d),
+	}
+
+	data, err := json.Marshal(t)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var out interface{}
+
+	b := bytes.NewBuffer(data)
+	return c.CallService("/deployments", "POST", "post deployment", &out, b)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_test.go b/pkg/client/client_test.go
index 3843f047f..91e6e5357 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_test.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func TestPostDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer fc.teardown()
 
-	if err := fc.setup().PostDeployment(cfg); err != nil {
+	if err := fc.setup().PostDeployment("foo", cfg); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to post deployment: %s", err)
 	}
 }