diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index a9bb79c7f..8b68eb071 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ func (c *Cluster) setStatus(status acidv1.PostgresClusterStatus) {
 		c.logger.Errorf("could not marshal status: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	patch := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"Postgres cluster status": %s}`, string(b)))
+	patch := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus": %s}}`, string(b)))
 	// we cannot do a full scale update here without fetching the previous manifest (as the resourceVersion may differ),
 	// however, we could do patch without it. In the future, once /status subresource is there (starting Kubernets 1.11)
 	// we should take advantage of it.
 	newspec, err := c.KubeClient.AcidV1ClientSet.AcidV1().Postgresqls(c.clusterNamespace()).Patch(c.Name, types.MergePatchType, patch)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.logger.Errorf("could not update Postgres cluster status: %v", err)
+		c.logger.Errorf("could not update status: %v", err)
 	}
 	// update the spec, maintaining the new resourceVersion.
 	c.setSpec(newspec)