diff --git a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
index 38cf1ac3..93a370e7 100644
--- a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
+++ b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ spec:
           - context: log
             statements:
               - set(resource.attributes["service_name"], "authentication")
-              - set(resource.attributes["environment"], resource.attributes["k8s.namespace.name"])
+              - set(resource.attributes["environment"], 
+                    replace_all(resource.attributes["k8s.namespace.name"], "freeleaps-", ""))
               - set(resource.attributes["pod_ip"], resource.attributes["k8s.pod.ip"])
               - set(resource.attributes["pod_name"], resource.attributes["k8s.pod.name"])
               - set(resource.attributes["kubernetes_node_name"], resource.attributes["k8s.node.name"])