diff --git a/ops/k8s-apps/production/daemon-init-container.yaml b/ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/daemon-init-container.yaml
similarity index 88%
rename from ops/k8s-apps/production/daemon-init-container.yaml
rename to ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/daemon-init-container.yaml
index 39998dc93..f9a78010f 100644
--- a/ops/k8s-apps/production/daemon-init-container.yaml
+++ b/ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/daemon-init-container.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: dagster-daemon
-  namespace: production-dagster
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
diff --git a/ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/kustomization.yaml b/ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/kustomization.yaml
index ca546bfca..4d2940797 100644
--- a/ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 namespace: base-dagster
 resources:
   - dagster.yaml
-  - proxy.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+  - proxy.yaml
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - ./daemon-init-container.yaml
+  - ./webserver-init-container.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/k8s-apps/production/webserver-init-container.yaml b/ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/webserver-init-container.yaml
similarity index 88%
rename from ops/k8s-apps/production/webserver-init-container.yaml
rename to ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/webserver-init-container.yaml
index 537e06426..4de32e14d 100644
--- a/ops/k8s-apps/production/webserver-init-container.yaml
+++ b/ops/k8s-apps/base/dagster/webserver-init-container.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: dagster-dagit
-  namespace: production-dagster
 spec:
   template:
     spec: