diff --git a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml
index e930a8c7c..4de4f3775 100644
--- a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml
@@ -17,15 +17,11 @@ spec:
         interval: 2s
         timeout: 5m
       staticResources:
-        - apiVersion: v1
-          kind: Namespace
-          metadata:
-            name: development
         - apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
           kind: Ingress
           metadata:
             name: httpbin
-            namespace: development
+            namespace: default
           spec:
             rules:
               - host: "httpbin.127.0.0.1.nip.io"
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
           kind: Pod
           metadata:
             name: httpbin
-            namespace: development
+            namespace: default
             labels:
               app: httpbin
           spec:
@@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ spec:
           kind: Service
           metadata:
             name: httpbin
-            namespace: development
+            namespace: default
           spec:
             selector:
               app: httpbin
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ spec:
               url: "http://ingress-nginx.ingress-nginx.svc"
               headers:
                 - name: Host
-                  value: "{{(index ((index .staticResources 1).Object.spec.rules) 0).host}}"
+                  value: "{{(index ((index .staticResources 0).Object.spec.rules) 0).host}}"
       checkRetries:
         delay: 3s
         interval: 2s
diff --git a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_namespace_pass.yaml b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_namespace_pass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e033a38e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_namespace_pass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
+kind: Canary
+metadata:
+  name: namespace-creation 
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    "Expected-Fail": "false"
+spec:
+  schedule: "@every 5m"
+  kubernetesResource:
+    - name: "namespace creation"
+      namespace: "default"
+      description: "create a namespace and pod in it"
+      waitFor: 
+        timeout: 3m
+        delete: true
+      staticResources:
+        - apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Namespace
+          metadata:
+            name: test
+      resources:
+        - apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Pod
+          metadata:
+            name: httpbin
+            namespace: test
+            labels:
+              app: httpbin
+          spec:
+            containers:
+              - name: httpbin
+                image: "kennethreitz/httpbin:latest"
+                ports:
+                  - containerPort: 80
diff --git a/fixtures/k8s/kustomization.yaml b/fixtures/k8s/kustomization.yaml
index 03d99e645..4778412c5 100644
--- a/fixtures/k8s/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/k8s/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ resources:
   - kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml
   - kubernetes_resource_ingress_fail.yaml
   - kubernetes_resource_service_pass.yaml
+  - kubernetes_resource_namespace_pass.yaml
   - kubernetes_resource_pod_exit_code_pass.yaml
   - cronjob_monitor_fail.yaml