diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index aa1f78469..958911d9d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cryostat.discovery.plugins.jwt.encryption.method=A256GCM
 cryostat.discovery.kubernetes.enabled=false
 cryostat.discovery.k8s.port-names=
 cryostat.discovery.k8s.port-numbers=
-cryostat.discovery.k8s.namespaces=
+cryostat.discovery.k8s.namespaces=.
 kubernetes.service.host=
 
 quarkus.test.integration-test-profile=test