diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0103c2b9..f40951f1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -a -o manager m
 
 # Use distroless as minimal base image to package the manager binary
 # Refer to https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless for more details
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot as production
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot AS production
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator" \
     org.opencontainers.image.url="https://k8sgpt.ai" \
diff --git a/chart/operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index adf957c5..0642e684 100644
--- a/chart/operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ spec:
           value: {{ quote .Values.kubernetesClusterDomain }}
         - name: OPERATOR_SINK_WEBHOOK_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
           value: {{ quote .Values.controllerManager.manager.sinkWebhookTimeout }}
+        - name: OPERATOR_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         image: {{ .Values.controllerManager.manager.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.controllerManager.manager.image.tag
           | default .Chart.AppVersion }}
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/config/manager/manager.yaml b/config/manager/manager.yaml
index dceaf31f..4de9438a 100644
--- a/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -98,5 +98,10 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 10m
             memory: 64Mi
+        env:
+        - name: OPERATOR_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
       serviceAccountName: controller-manager
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/controllers/k8sgpt_controller.go b/controllers/k8sgpt_controller.go
index ae1eef2e..7158c9f3 100644
--- a/controllers/k8sgpt_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/k8sgpt_controller.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func (r *K8sGPTReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
 
-	// Add a finaliser if there isn't one
+	// Add a finalizer if there isn't one
 	if k8sgptConfig.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() {
 		// The object is not being deleted, so if it does not have our finalizer,
 		// then lets add the finalizer and update the object. This is equivalent
@@ -146,6 +147,16 @@ func (r *K8sGPTReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 		return r.finishReconcile(nil, false)
 	}
 
+	operatorNamespace := os.Getenv("OPERATOR_NAMESPACE")
+	if k8sgptConfig.Namespace != operatorNamespace {
+		fmt.Printf("K8sGPT CR (%s) is not in the operator namespace (%s)\n",
+			k8sgptConfig.Name, operatorNamespace)
+		k8sgptReconcileErrorCount.With(prometheus.Labels{
+			"k8sgpt": k8sgptConfig.Name,
+		}).Inc()
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	if k8sgptConfig.Spec.AI.BackOff == nil {
 		k8sgptConfig.Spec.AI.BackOff = &corev1alpha1.BackOff{
 			Enabled:    true,