diff --git a/doc/developer/getting_started.md b/doc/developer/getting_started.md
index a416f548..7d5886e1 100644
--- a/doc/developer/getting_started.md
+++ b/doc/developer/getting_started.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Any change on the applied resource re-trigger the reconcile.
 Run the operator with the following command:
 
 ```sh
-go run ./main.go standalone --cr playbooks/files/sf.yaml --namespace sf
+go run ./main.go --namespace sf standalone --cr playbooks/files/sf.yaml
 ```
 
 > The command returns when the expected state is applied.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 147f7a0f..89bd815b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -104,10 +104,9 @@ func main() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", false,
 		"Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
 			"Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
-	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ns, "namespace", "", "The namespace to listen to.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&ns, "namespace", "n", "sf", "The namespace to listen to.")
 
 	// Flags for the standalone command
-	standaloneCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ns, "namespace", "sf", "The namespace where to reconcile the deployment.")
 	standaloneCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sfResource, "cr", "", "The path to the CR to reconcile.")
 
 	// Add sub commands
diff --git a/roles/run-operator-standalone/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/run-operator-standalone/tasks/main.yaml
index eba9cb7d..b1cbfbe8 100644
--- a/roles/run-operator-standalone/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/run-operator-standalone/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 - name: Run the operator in standalone mode
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
     set -o pipefail
-    go run ./main.go standalone --cr {{ cr_path }} --namespace sf 2>&1 | tee -a ~/zuul-output/logs/sf-operator.log
+    go run ./main.go --namespace sf standalone --cr {{ cr_path }} 2>&1 | tee -a ~/zuul-output/logs/sf-operator.log
   args:
     chdir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"