diff --git a/src/kubernetes-api/cmd/main.go b/src/kubernetes-api/cmd/main.go
index eaff569eb067fffa876df19bf91e6acd3e6b9a94..8adf4afa8b501d858fcba494ee8ffae49dbc9e98 100644
--- a/src/kubernetes-api/cmd/main.go
+++ b/src/kubernetes-api/cmd/main.go
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ var (
 	setupLog = ctrl.Log.WithName("setup")
 )
 
-const SWITCHES_NAMESPACE = "default"
-
 func init() {
 	utilruntime.Must(clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(scheme))
 
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ func main() {
 	if err = (&controller.PodReconciler{
 		Client:            mgr.GetClient(),
 		Scheme:            mgr.GetScheme(),
-		SwitchesNamespace: SWITCHES_NAMESPACE,
+		SwitchesNamespace: os.Getenv("SWITCHES_NAMESPACE"),
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "Pod")
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	if os.Getenv("ENABLE_WEBHOOKS") != "false" {
-		podAnnotator := &controller.PodAnnotator{Client: mgr.GetClient(), SwitchesNamespace: SWITCHES_NAMESPACE}
+		podAnnotator := &controller.PodAnnotator{Client: mgr.GetClient(), SwitchesNamespace: os.Getenv("SWITCHES_NAMESPACE")}
 		if err := podAnnotator.InjectDecoder(admission.NewDecoder(mgr.GetScheme())); err != nil {
 			setupLog.Error(err, "unable to inject decoder into PodAnnotator")
 			os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/l2network_controller.go b/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/l2network_controller.go
index 49bd80b056bbe7b3d24f8a3e79903ac6b75ed07d..db14b777c2e6f98b9a4d456da0db372e7efc5099 100644
--- a/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/l2network_controller.go
+++ b/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/l2network_controller.go
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@ func (r *L2NetworkReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 
 	r.Log.Info("this is the controller ip", os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_IP"))
 	fmt.Println(os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_IP"))
+	fmt.Println(os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_PORT"))
+
 	// Initialize the InternalClient with the base URL of the SDN controller
-	clientConfig := sdnclient.ClientConfig{BaseURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:8181/onos", os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_IP")), Username: "karaf", Password: "karaf"}
+	clientConfig := sdnclient.ClientConfig{BaseURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/onos", os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_IP"), os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_PORT")), Username: "karaf", Password: "karaf"}
 
 	r.InternalClient, err = sdnclient.NewClient(sdnclient.InternalType, clientConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/pod_controller.go b/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/pod_controller.go
index 01a11855f9320b8ac92cfd2f693a31bd0fca7daf..d7f6f2248b0f181e7a439b40ce7146c871c50f91 100644
--- a/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/pod_controller.go
+++ b/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/pod_controller.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (r *PodReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.R
 func (r *PodReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 	var err error
 	// Initialize the InternalClient with the base URL of the SDN controller
-	clientConfig := sdnclient.ClientConfig{BaseURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:8181/onos", os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_IP")), Username: "karaf", Password: "karaf"}
+	clientConfig := sdnclient.ClientConfig{BaseURL: fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/onos", os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_IP"), os.Getenv("CONTROLLER_PORT")), Username: "karaf", Password: "karaf"}
 
 	r.InternalClient, err = sdnclient.NewClient(sdnclient.InternalType, clientConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/pod_webhook.go b/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/pod_webhook.go
index dccd0455d23ad392302d2b5630ffd883391c839b..521349538bd3af20f050e114d1187e90b99278c7 100644
--- a/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/pod_webhook.go
+++ b/src/kubernetes-api/internal/controller/pod_webhook.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type NetworkAnnotation struct {
 
 func (a *PodAnnotator) Handle(ctx context.Context, req admission.Request) admission.Response {
 	log := log.FromContext(ctx)
+	log.Info("Registering pod")
 
 	// First we decode the pod
 	pod := &corev1.Pod{}
@@ -87,8 +88,11 @@ func (a *PodAnnotator) Handle(ctx context.Context, req admission.Request) admiss
 			netAttachDef := &netAttachDefs.Items[index]
 			newAnnotation := NetworkAnnotation{Name: netAttachDef.Name, IPAdresses: network.IPAdresses}
 			netAttachDef.Labels[netAttachDefLabel] = "true"
+			log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("updating network attachment definition_ ", netAttachDef))
+
 			err = a.Client.Update(ctx, netAttachDef)
 			if err != nil {
+				log.Error(err, "Could not update network attachment definition")
 
 			}
 			multusAnnotations = append(multusAnnotations, newAnnotation)