diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cd23180..32786aa 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.17
+0.0.18
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/susql-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/susql-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 912e3dd..31eaefd 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/susql-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/susql-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ metadata:
       ]
     capabilities: Basic Install
     categories: Monitoring
-    containerImage: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/susql_operator:0.0.17
-    createdAt: "2024-06-05T09:27:16Z"
+    containerImage: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/susql_operator:0.0.18
+    createdAt: "2024-06-07T09:21:42Z"
     description: 'Aggregates energy data from pods tagged with SusQL labels '
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.34.1
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: go.kubebuilder.io/v4
     repository: https://github.com/sustainable-computing-io/susql-operator
     support: https://github.com/sustainable-computing-io/susql-operator/issues
-  name: susql-operator.v0.0.17
+  name: susql-operator.v0.0.18
   namespace: placeholder
 spec:
   apiservicedefinitions: {}
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ spec:
                   value: http://0.0.0.0:8082
                 - name: SAMPLING-RATE
                   value: "2"
-                image: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/susql_operator:0.0.17
+                image: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/susql_operator:0.0.18
                 imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
@@ -320,4 +320,4 @@ spec:
   provider:
     name: SusQL Operator Contributors
     url: https://github.com/sustainable-computing-io/susql-operator
-  version: 0.0.17
+  version: 0.0.18
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 0070310..ce4d694 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: controller
   newName: quay.io/sustainable_computing_io/susql_operator
-  newTag: 0.0.17
+  newTag: 0.0.18
diff --git a/config/rbac/auth_proxy_role.yaml b/config/rbac/auth_proxy_role.yaml
index b043d4d..86fc6af 100644
--- a/config/rbac/auth_proxy_role.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/auth_proxy_role.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ rules:
   resources:
   - pods
   - pods/status
+  - namespaces
+  - namespaces/status
   verbs:
   - get
   - list
diff --git a/internal/controller/resource_manager.go b/internal/controller/resource_manager.go
index b80bea8..3a5ebf9 100644
--- a/internal/controller/resource_manager.go
+++ b/internal/controller/resource_manager.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package controller
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 // Functions to get data from the cluster
 func (r *LabelGroupReconciler) GetPodNamesMatchingLabels(ctx context.Context, labelGroup *susqlv1.LabelGroup) ([]string, []string, error) {
 	pods := &v1.PodList{}
+	r.Logger.V(5).Info(fmt.Sprintf("[GetPodNamesMatchingLabels] pods: %#v", pods))
 
 	if err := r.List(ctx, pods, client.UnsafeDisableDeepCopy, (client.MatchingLabels)(labelGroup.Status.KubernetesLabels)); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
diff --git a/test/rhosaij.yaml b/test/rhosaij.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d3dbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rhosaij.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+apiVersion: susql.ibm.com/v1
+kind: LabelGroup
+metadata:
+    name: openshiftaij
+    namespace: rhods-notebooks
+spec:
+    labels:
+        - openshiftaij
+---