diff --git a/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml b/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
index 496a16c17f556338c287f8d3ef78252fc375e82a..02c5a1ef65c87abad63238cbc794fa99d1bca3dd 100644
--- a/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
+++ b/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: default
-  namespace: backend
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   type: LoadBalancer
   ports: