diff --git a/apps/control-interface/vad/kustomization.yaml b/apps/control-interface/vad/kustomization.yaml
index 27bb5cb..11cf137 100644
--- a/apps/control-interface/vad/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/control-interface/vad/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - ../base
+  - namespace.yaml
diff --git a/apps/control-interface/vad/namespace.yaml b/apps/control-interface/vad/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9b0e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/control-interface/vad/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: control-interface
+  labels:
+    istio-injection: enabled