diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f266dd86..a3017546 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ flux create kustomization dev-team \
 Create the base `kustomization.yaml` file:
 
 ```sh
-cd ./tenants/base/dev-team/ && kustomize create --autodetect
+cd ./tenants/base/dev-team/ && kustomize create --autodetect --namespace apps 
 ```
 
 Create the staging overlay and set the path to the staging dir inside the tenant repository:
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ EOF
 cat << EOF | tee ./tenants/staging/kustomization.yaml
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
+namespace: apps
 resources:
   - ../base/dev-team
 patches:
diff --git a/tenants/base/dev-team/kustomization.yaml b/tenants/base/dev-team/kustomization.yaml
index a53e58a7..653cd849 100644
--- a/tenants/base/dev-team/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/tenants/base/dev-team/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
+namespace: apps
 resources:
   - rbac.yaml
   - sync.yaml
diff --git a/tenants/production/kustomization.yaml b/tenants/production/kustomization.yaml
index afabe4df..b81c459b 100644
--- a/tenants/production/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/tenants/production/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
+namespace: apps
 resources:
   - ../base/dev-team
 patches:
diff --git a/tenants/staging/kustomization.yaml b/tenants/staging/kustomization.yaml
index afabe4df..b81c459b 100644
--- a/tenants/staging/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/tenants/staging/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
+namespace: apps
 resources:
   - ../base/dev-team
 patches: