diff --git a/k8s/README.md b/k8s/README.md
index 850edf8..05663e4 100644
--- a/k8s/README.md
+++ b/k8s/README.md
@@ -266,8 +266,11 @@ kubectl create ns monitoring
 helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
 helm repo update
 helm upgrade --install --create-namespace prometheus-operator prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack -n monitoring -f monitoring/prometheus-operator.secret.yml
-# additional stuff
-k apply -f monitoring/alertmanagerconfig.secret.yaml
+# alert configuration
+NAMESPACES_TO_ALERT=( kube-system monitoring cert-manager datalab ingress-nginx  mailu minio velero web openebs )
+for i in "${NAMESPACES_TO_ALERT[@]}"; do
+  kubectl apply -f monitoring/alertmanagerconfig.secret.yaml -n $i
+done
 ```
 
 ### robusta
diff --git a/k8s/monitoring/alertmanagerconfig.secret.yaml b/k8s/monitoring/alertmanagerconfig.secret.yaml
index 0e16813..5b2daee 100644
Binary files a/k8s/monitoring/alertmanagerconfig.secret.yaml and b/k8s/monitoring/alertmanagerconfig.secret.yaml differ
diff --git a/k8s/monitoring/prometheus-operator.secret.yml b/k8s/monitoring/prometheus-operator.secret.yml
index 4aef809..6fa58c1 100644
--- a/k8s/monitoring/prometheus-operator.secret.yml
+++ b/k8s/monitoring/prometheus-operator.secret.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ alertmanager:
           operator: In
           values:
             - haumdaucher
+  # alertmanagerConfiguration:
+  #   name: haumdaucher-alertmanager
 grafana:
   persistence:
     enabled: true