diff --git a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
index 5f49788d..db041d6a 100644
--- a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
+++ b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@ spec:
           - context: log
             statements:
               - set(resource.attributes["service_name"], "authentication")
+              - set(resource.attributes["environment"], "alpha")
               - set(resource.attributes["environment"], 
-                    if(resource.attributes["k8s.namespace.name"] == "freeleaps-prod", "prod",
-                       if(resource.attributes["k8s.namespace.name"] == "freeleaps-alpha", "alpha",
-                          resource.attributes["k8s.namespace.name"])))
+                    if(resource.attributes["k8s.namespace.name"] == "freeleaps-prod", "prod", resource.attributes["environment"]))
               - set(resource.attributes["pod_ip"], resource.attributes["k8s.pod.ip"])
               - set(resource.attributes["pod_name"], resource.attributes["k8s.pod.name"])
               - set(resource.attributes["kubernetes_node_name"], resource.attributes["k8s.node.name"])