diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Serialization/ConfigApplicationParser.cs b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Serialization/ConfigApplicationParser.cs
index 601e3267..0f5af8e1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Serialization/ConfigApplicationParser.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/Serialization/ConfigApplicationParser.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ namespace Tye.Serialization
                     case "name":
                         app.Name = YamlParser.GetScalarValue(key, child.Value);
                         break;
+                    case "network":
+                        app.Network = YamlParser.GetScalarValue(key, child.Value);
+                        break;
                     case "registry":
                         app.Registry = YamlParser.GetScalarValue(key, child.Value);
                         break;
diff --git a/test/UnitTests/TyeDeserializationTests.cs b/test/UnitTests/TyeDeserializationTests.cs
index fce81b84..93d43d34 100644
--- a/test/UnitTests/TyeDeserializationTests.cs
+++ b/test/UnitTests/TyeDeserializationTests.cs
@@ -255,6 +255,22 @@ extensions:
             Assert.Equal(expected.Extensions.Count, app.Extensions.Count);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void NetworkTest()
+        {
+            var input = @"
+network: test-network";
+            using var parser = new YamlParser(input);
+
+            var app = parser.ParseConfigApplication();
+
+            Assert.Equal("test-network", app.Network);
+
+            var expected = _deserializer.Deserialize<ConfigApplication>(new StringReader(input));
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected.Network, app.Network);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void VotingTest()
         {