diff --git a/admiral/cmd/admiral/cmd/root.go b/admiral/cmd/admiral/cmd/root.go
index 852d9940..dd6d1708 100644
--- a/admiral/cmd/admiral/cmd/root.go
+++ b/admiral/cmd/admiral/cmd/root.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func GetRootCmd(args []string) *cobra.Command {
 		"Namespace to monitor for secrets defaults to admiral-secrets")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&params.DependenciesNamespace, "dependency_namespace", "default",
 		"Namespace to monitor for secrets defaults to admiral-secrets")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&params.SyncNamespace, "sync_namespace", "admiral-sync",
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&params.SyncNamespace, "sync_namespace", "default",
 		"Namespace to monitor for secrets defaults to admiral-secrets")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&params.CacheRefreshDuration, "sync_period", 5*time.Minute,
 		"Interval for syncing Kubernetes resources, defaults to 5 min")
diff --git a/install/admiral/overlays/demosinglecluster/envconfig_values.yaml b/install/admiral/overlays/demosinglecluster/envconfig_values.yaml
index c09fd83d..95ab838b 100644
--- a/install/admiral/overlays/demosinglecluster/envconfig_values.yaml
+++ b/install/admiral/overlays/demosinglecluster/envconfig_values.yaml
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ spec:
             - admiral
             - --secret_namespace
             - admiral
+            - --sync_namespace
+            - admiral
           name: admiral
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