diff --git a/core/cloudflow-cli/src/main/scala/akka/cli/cloudflow/Commands.scala b/core/cloudflow-cli/src/main/scala/akka/cli/cloudflow/Commands.scala
index 6bfadc57c..d49db4bc4 100644
--- a/core/cloudflow-cli/src/main/scala/akka/cli/cloudflow/Commands.scala
+++ b/core/cloudflow-cli/src/main/scala/akka/cli/cloudflow/Commands.scala
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ object OptionsParser {
 
   private val operatorNamespace = {
     import scala.language.existentials
-    opt[String]('n', "operator-namespace")
+    opt[String]("operator-namespace")
       .text(s"the namespace where the operator is deployed")
       .action((ns, o) => {
         val cmd = o.command match {
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ object commands {
   sealed trait Command[T] {
     val output: format.Format
     val namespace: Option[String]
+    val operatorNamespace: Option[String]
 
     def execution(kubeClient: => KubeClient, logger: CliLogger): Execution[T]
 
diff --git a/core/cloudflow-cli/src/main/scala/akka/cli/cloudflow/execution/DeployExecution.scala b/core/cloudflow-cli/src/main/scala/akka/cli/cloudflow/execution/DeployExecution.scala
index 56c2244fd..2cf6c879b 100644
--- a/core/cloudflow-cli/src/main/scala/akka/cli/cloudflow/execution/DeployExecution.scala
+++ b/core/cloudflow-cli/src/main/scala/akka/cli/cloudflow/execution/DeployExecution.scala
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ final case class DeployExecution(d: Deploy, client: KubeClient, logger: CliLogge
         if (d.noRegistryCredentials) Success(())
         else {
           client.createImagePullSecret(
-            namespace = name,
+            namespace = namespace,
             dockerRegistryURL = image.registry.getOrElse(""),
             dockerUsername = d.dockerUsername,
             dockerPassword = d.dockerPassword)