diff --git a/blueprints/serverless/cloud-run-explore/config/default-url.tfvars b/blueprints/serverless/cloud-run-explore/config/default-url.tfvars
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b0d59680..000000000
--- a/blueprints/serverless/cloud-run-explore/config/default-url.tfvars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-image = "us-docker.pkg.dev/cloudrun/container/hello"
diff --git a/blueprints/serverless/cloud-run-explore/variables.tf b/blueprints/serverless/cloud-run-explore/variables.tf
index 3bbd4c188..542630624 100644
--- a/blueprints/serverless/cloud-run-explore/variables.tf
+++ b/blueprints/serverless/cloud-run-explore/variables.tf
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ variable "run_svc_name" {
 variable "image" {
   description = "Container image to deploy"
   type        = string
+  default     = "us-docker.pkg.dev/cloudrun/container/hello"
 }
 
 variable "glb_create" {