diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go
index 8e83dd2c273..b97b12ea18b 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const (
 // OpenshiftNotebookReconciler holds the controller configuration.
 type OpenshiftNotebookReconciler struct {
 	client.Client
+	Namespace: string
 	Scheme *runtime.Scheme
 	Log    logr.Logger
 }