diff --git a/cluster-manager/src/main/java/io/seldon/clustermanager/k8s/SeldonDeploymentWatcher.java b/cluster-manager/src/main/java/io/seldon/clustermanager/k8s/SeldonDeploymentWatcher.java
index 900bfe1f95..ebe5e8b40b 100644
--- a/cluster-manager/src/main/java/io/seldon/clustermanager/k8s/SeldonDeploymentWatcher.java
+++ b/cluster-manager/src/main/java/io/seldon/clustermanager/k8s/SeldonDeploymentWatcher.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ private String getNamespace(JsonNode actualObj)
 	{
 		if (!clusterManagerProperites.isSingleNamespace())
 		{
-			if (actualObj.has("metadata") && actualObj.get("meta").has("namespace"))
+			if (actualObj.has("metadata") && actualObj.get("metadata").has("namespace"))
 				return actualObj.get("metadata").get("namespace").asText();
 			else
 				return "default";