diff --git a/cmd/build_test.go b/cmd/build_test.go
index 5b1d0d9..d2924c7 100644
--- a/cmd/build_test.go
+++ b/cmd/build_test.go
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ func Test_generateApplicationNodePoolOptions(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, nodePoolOptionsExpected, nodePoolOptionsActual)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.go b/manifest/manifest.go
index 62c6dec..39e6322 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func Validate(manifest *util.DynamicYaml) error {
 		"knative-serving":    true,
 		"kube-public":        true,
 		"kube-system":        true,
+		"default":            true,
 	}
 
 	defaultNamespace := manifest.GetValue("application.defaultNamespace")
diff --git a/util/status.go b/util/status.go
index e9db6b9..279a026 100644
--- a/util/status.go
+++ b/util/status.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ func DeploymentStatus(yamlFile *DynamicYaml) (ready bool, err error) {
 	namespacesToCheck["application-system"] = true
 	namespacesToCheck["onepanel"] = true
 	namespacesToCheck["istio-system"] = true
-	namespacesToCheck["default"] = true
 
 	if yamlFile.HasKey("certManager") {
 		namespacesToCheck["cert-manager"] = true