diff --git a/pkg/events/events.go b/pkg/events/events.go
index 9a0fe6da5..f9e47cc71 100644
--- a/pkg/events/events.go
+++ b/pkg/events/events.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func New(object interface{}, eventType config.EventType, resource, clusterName s
 		Level:     LevelMap[eventType],
 		Type:      eventType,
 		Cluster:   clusterName,
+		Resource:  resource,
 	}
 
 	// initialize event.TimeStamp with the time of event creation
@@ -122,7 +123,6 @@ func New(object interface{}, eventType config.EventType, resource, clusterName s
 		event.Count = eventObj.Count
 		event.Action = eventObj.Action
 		event.TimeStamp = eventObj.LastTimestamp.Time
-		event.Resource = resource
 	}
 	return event
 }
diff --git a/pkg/filterengine/filters/namespace_checker.go b/pkg/filterengine/filters/namespace_checker.go
index fd0fe31f8..ff959502f 100644
--- a/pkg/filterengine/filters/namespace_checker.go
+++ b/pkg/filterengine/filters/namespace_checker.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package filters
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -51,16 +50,19 @@ func (f NamespaceChecker) Run(object interface{}, event *events.Event) {
 	// load config.yaml
 	botkubeConfig, err := config.New()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("Error in loading configuration. Error:%s", err.Error()))
-		log.Debug("Skipping ignore namespace filter.")
+		log.Errorf("Error in loading configuration. %s", err.Error())
+		return
 	}
-	if botkubeConfig != nil {
-		for _, resource := range botkubeConfig.Resources {
-			if resource.Name == event.Resource {
-				// check if namespace to be ignored
-				if isNamespaceIgnored(resource.Namespaces, event.Namespace) {
-					event.Skip = true
-				}
+	if botkubeConfig == nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error in loading configuration.")
+		return
+	}
+	for _, resource := range botkubeConfig.Resources {
+		if event.Resource == event.Resource {
+			// check if namespace to be ignored
+			if isNamespaceIgnored(resource.Namespaces, event.Namespace) {
+				event.Skip = true
+				break
 			}
 		}
 	}