diff --git a/clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml
index 2602bf3..88b1584 100644
--- a/clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ kind: Kustomization
 # So let's prefix the app names with the cluster name (dev- | demo-worker1-)
 # namePrefix: dev-
 resources:
+  # Core - namespaces must be created first
+  - ../../platform/core/namespaces
   # Security
   - ../../platform/infrastructure/security/sealed-secrets/base
   - ../../platform/infrastructure/security/reflector/base
diff --git a/platform/core/namespaces/chat-api.yaml b/platform/core/namespaces/chat-api.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a295f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/core/namespaces/chat-api.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: chat-api
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "-1"
diff --git a/platform/core/namespaces/kustomization.yaml b/platform/core/namespaces/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..598ee20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/core/namespaces/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+  - chat-api.yaml
+  - open-webui.yaml
diff --git a/platform/core/namespaces/open-webui.yaml b/platform/core/namespaces/open-webui.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3587643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/core/namespaces/open-webui.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: open-webui
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "-1"