diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62153cf..a2ec464 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ An sample Deployment yaml can be found at `/deploy/operator.yaml`.
 
 To further configure the 1Password Kubernetes Operator the Following Environment variables can be set in the operator yaml:
 
-- **WATCH_NAMESPACE:** comma separated list of what Namespaces to watch for changes.
 - **OP_CONNECT_HOST** (required): Specifies the host name within Kubernetes in which to access the 1Password Connect.
-- **POLLING_INTERVAL** (default: 600)**:** The number of seconds the 1Password Kubernetes Operator will wait before checking for updates from 1Password Connect.
+- **WATCH_NAMESPACE:** (default: watch all namespaces): Comma separated list of what Namespaces to watch for changes.
+- **POLLING_INTERVAL** (default: 600): The number of seconds the 1Password Kubernetes Operator will wait before checking for updates from 1Password Connect.
 - **MANAGE_CONNECT** (default: false): If set to true, on deployment of the operator, a default configuration of the OnePassword Connect Service will be deployed to the `default` namespace.
 - **AUTO_RESTART** (default: false): If set to true, the operator will restart any deployment using a secret from 1Password Connect. This can be overwritten by namespace, deployment, or individual secret. More details on AUTO_RESTART can be found in the ["Configuring Automatic Rolling Restarts of Deployments"](#configuring-automatic-rolling-restarts-of-deployments) section.
 
diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index 66c57a9..9e62460 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	printVersion()
 
-	namespace, err := k8sutil.GetWatchNamespace()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "Failed to get watch namespace")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
+	namespace := os.Getenv(k8sutil.WatchNamespaceEnvVar)
 
 	// Get a config to talk to the apiserver
 	cfg, err := config.GetConfig()