diff --git a/access.go b/access.go
index 34f7e308..04c540e5 100644
--- a/access.go
+++ b/access.go
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ func (s *server) checkAccess(subjectAccessReviewTemplate authorizationv1.Subject
 		}
 
 		// Update the SubjectAccessReview request with the namespace and user information
-		sar.Spec.ResourceAttributes.Namespace = vars["namespace"]
+		if namespace, ok := vars["namespace"]; ok {
+			sar.Spec.ResourceAttributes.Namespace = namespace
+		} else {
+			sar.Spec.ResourceAttributes.Namespace = ""
+		}
 		sar.Spec.User = user
 
 		// Submit the SubjectAccessReview to the Kubernetes API server
diff --git a/listers.go b/listers.go
index 868bad44..bf3bd461 100644
--- a/listers.go
+++ b/listers.go
@@ -15,40 +15,37 @@ func (s *server) setupListers(ctx context.Context) error {
 	factory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(s.clientsets.kubernetes, 5*time.Minute)
 	kubeflowFactory := kubeflowinformers.NewSharedInformerFactory(s.clientsets.kubeflow, time.Minute*5)
 
+	// Namespaces
+	namespacesInformer := factory.Core().V1().Namespaces()
+	s.listers.namespaces = namespacesInformer.Lister()
+
 	// Events
 	eventsInformer := factory.Core().V1().Events()
-	go eventsInformer.Informer().Run(ctx.Done())
-
 	s.listers.events = eventsInformer.Lister()
 
 	// StorageClasses
 	storageClassesInformer := factory.Storage().V1().StorageClasses()
-	go storageClassesInformer.Informer().Run(ctx.Done())
-
 	s.listers.storageClasses = storageClassesInformer.Lister()
 
 	// PersistentVolumeClaims
 	pvcInformer := factory.Core().V1().PersistentVolumeClaims()
-	go pvcInformer.Informer().Run(ctx.Done())
-
 	s.listers.persistentVolumeClaims = pvcInformer.Lister()
 
 	// PodDefaults
 	podDefaultsInformer := kubeflowFactory.Kubeflow().V1alpha1().PodDefaults()
-	go podDefaultsInformer.Informer().Run(ctx.Done())
-
 	s.listers.podDefaults = podDefaultsInformer.Lister()
 
 	// Notebooks
 	notebooksInformer := kubeflowFactory.Kubeflow().V1().Notebooks()
-	go notebooksInformer.Informer().Run(ctx.Done())
-
 	s.listers.notebooks = notebooksInformer.Lister()
 
+	go factory.Start(ctx.Done())
+	go kubeflowFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
+
 	// Wait until sync
 	log.Printf("synching caches...")
 	tctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Minute)
-	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(tctx.Done(), eventsInformer.Informer().HasSynced, storageClassesInformer.Informer().HasSynced, pvcInformer.Informer().HasSynced, podDefaultsInformer.Informer().HasSynced, notebooksInformer.Informer().HasSynced) {
+	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(tctx.Done(), namespacesInformer.Informer().HasSynced, eventsInformer.Informer().HasSynced, storageClassesInformer.Informer().HasSynced, pvcInformer.Informer().HasSynced, podDefaultsInformer.Informer().HasSynced, notebooksInformer.Informer().HasSynced) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("timeout synching caches")
 	}
 	log.Printf("done synching caches")
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e19f7f0c..5e3f4e4c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var userIDHeader string
 var staticDirectory string
 
 type listers struct {
+	namespaces             v1listers.NamespaceLister
 	events                 v1listers.EventLister
 	storageClasses         storagev1listers.StorageClassLister
 	persistentVolumeClaims v1listers.PersistentVolumeClaimLister
@@ -117,8 +118,19 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Setup route handlers
 	router.HandleFunc("/api/config", s.GetConfig).Methods("GET")
+
 	router.HandleFunc("/api/storageclasses/default", s.GetDefaultStorageClass).Methods("GET")
 
+	router.HandleFunc("/api/namespaces", s.checkAccess(authorizationv1.SubjectAccessReview{
+		Spec: authorizationv1.SubjectAccessReviewSpec{
+			ResourceAttributes: &authorizationv1.ResourceAttributes{
+				Group:    corev1.SchemeGroupVersion.Group,
+				Verb:     "list",
+				Resource: "namespaces",
+				Version:  corev1.SchemeGroupVersion.Version,
+			},
+		},
+	}, s.GetNamespaces)).Methods("GET")
 	router.HandleFunc("/api/namespaces/{namespace}/notebooks", s.checkAccess(authorizationv1.SubjectAccessReview{
 		Spec: authorizationv1.SubjectAccessReviewSpec{
 			ResourceAttributes: &authorizationv1.ResourceAttributes{
diff --git a/namespaces.go b/namespaces.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acdaca49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/namespaces.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"sort"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+)
+
+type namespacesresponse struct {
+	APIResponse
+	Namespaces []string `json:"namespaces"`
+}
+
+// GetNamespaces returns the namespaces in the environment.
+func (s *server) GetNamespaces(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	log.Printf("loading namespaces")
+
+	namespaces, err := s.listers.namespaces.List(labels.Everything())
+	if err != nil {
+		s.error(w, r, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(namespacesByName(namespaces))
+
+	resp := namespacesresponse{
+		APIResponse: APIResponse{
+			Success: true,
+		},
+		Namespaces: make([]string, 0),
+	}
+
+	for _, namespace := range namespaces {
+		resp.Namespaces = append(resp.Namespaces, namespace.Name)
+	}
+
+	s.respond(w, r, resp)
+}
diff --git a/sort.go b/sort.go
index 5f6fdd20..ab070744 100644
--- a/sort.go
+++ b/sort.go
@@ -49,3 +49,18 @@ func (pvcs persistentVolumeClaimsByName) Less(a, b int) bool {
 func (pvcs persistentVolumeClaimsByName) Swap(a, b int) {
 	pvcs[a], pvcs[b] = pvcs[b], pvcs[a]
 }
+
+// Namespaces by Name
+type namespacesByName []*corev1.Namespace
+
+func (namespaces namespacesByName) Len() int {
+	return len(namespaces)
+}
+
+func (namespaces namespacesByName) Less(a, b int) bool {
+	return namespaces[a].Name < namespaces[b].Name
+}
+
+func (namespaces namespacesByName) Swap(a, b int) {
+	namespaces[a], namespaces[b] = namespaces[b], namespaces[a]
+}