diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/main.go b/components/odh-notebook-controller/main.go
index b1177e1a4aa..26e82bd6acc 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/main.go
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/main.go
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ func main() {
 	if err = (&controllers.OpenshiftNotebookReconciler{
 		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
 		Log:    ctrl.Log.WithName("controllers").WithName("Notebook"),
+		Namespace: namespace,
 		Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "Notebook")