diff --git a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
index bdb687580..7278544c0 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ configuration:
   kubernetes:
     pod_service_account_name: operator
     pod_terminate_grace_period: 5m
-    pdb_name_format: postgres-{cluster}-pdb
-    secret_name_template: {username}.{cluster}.credentials.{tprkind}.{tprgroup}
+    pdb_name_format: "postgres-{cluster}-pdb"
+    secret_name_template: "{username}.{cluster}.credentials.{tprkind}.{tprgroup}"
     oauth_token_secret_name: postgresql-operator
     pod_role_label: spilo-role
     cluster_labels:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ configuration:
   postgres_pod_resources:
     default_cpu_request: 100m
     default_memory_request: 100Mi
-    default_cpu_limit: 3
+    default_cpu_limit: "3"
     default_memory_limit: 1Gi
   timeouts:
     resource_check_interval: 3s
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ configuration:
   load_balancer:
     enable_master_load_balancer: false
     enable_replica_load_balancer: false
-    master_dns_name_format: {cluster}.{team}.{hostedzone}
-    replica_dns_name_format: {cluster}-repl.{team}.{hostedzone}
+    master_dns_name_format: "{cluster}.{team}.{hostedzone}"
+    replica_dns_name_format: "{cluster}-repl.{team}.{hostedzone}"
   aws_or_gcp:
     # db_hosted_zone: ""
     # wal_s3_bucket: "" 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 8633a3f5a..44e906ad3 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (c *Controller) initController() {
 		if err := c.createOperatorCRD(); err != nil {
 			c.logger.Fatalf("could not register Operator Configuration CustomResourceDefinition: %v", err)
 		}
-		if cfg, err := c.readOperatorConfigurationFromCRD(configObjectName); err != nil {
+		if cfg, err := c.readOperatorConfigurationFromCRD(spec.GetOperatorNamespace(), configObjectName); err != nil {
 			c.logger.Fatalf("unable to read operator configuration: %v", err)
 		} else {
 			c.opConfig = c.importConfigurationFromCRD(&cfg.Configuration)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/operator_config.go b/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
index b6d177c96..f6bf5cc59 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
-func (c *Controller) readOperatorConfigurationFromCRD(configObjectName string) (*config.OperatorConfiguration, error) {
+func (c *Controller) readOperatorConfigurationFromCRD(configObjectNamespace, configObjectName string) (*config.OperatorConfiguration, error) {
 	var (
 		config config.OperatorConfiguration
 	)
 
 	req := c.KubeClient.CRDREST.Get().
 		Name(configObjectName).
-		Namespace(c.opConfig.WatchedNamespace).
+		Namespace(configObjectNamespace).
 		Resource(constants.OperatorConfigCRDResource).
 		VersionedParams(&metav1.ListOptions{ResourceVersion: "0"}, metav1.ParameterCodec)