diff --git a/sinks/interfaces.go b/sinks/interfaces.go
index f67b015d8..c14d8d10d 100644
--- a/sinks/interfaces.go
+++ b/sinks/interfaces.go
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ func ManufactureSink() (e EventSinkInterface) {
 	case "glog":
 		e = NewGlogSink()
 	case "stdout":
-		e = NewStdoutSink()
+		viper.SetDefault("stdoutJSONNamespace", "")
+		stdoutNamespace := viper.GetString("stdoutJSONNamespace")
+		e = NewStdoutSink(stdoutNamespace)
 	case "http":
 		url := viper.GetString("httpSinkUrl")
 		if url == "" {
diff --git a/sinks/stdoutsink.go b/sinks/stdoutsink.go
index c2c302ac2..a89cd9bc9 100644
--- a/sinks/stdoutsink.go
+++ b/sinks/stdoutsink.go
@@ -30,21 +30,34 @@ import (
 // can be queried in Kibana.
 type StdoutSink struct {
 	// TODO: create a channel and buffer for scaling
+	namespace string
 }
 
+
 // NewStdoutSink will create a new StdoutSink with default options, returned as
 // an EventSinkInterface
-func NewStdoutSink() EventSinkInterface {
-	return &StdoutSink{}
+func NewStdoutSink(namespace string) EventSinkInterface {
+	return &StdoutSink{
+		namespace: namespace}
 }
 
 // UpdateEvents implements the EventSinkInterface
 func (gs *StdoutSink) UpdateEvents(eNew *v1.Event, eOld *v1.Event) {
 	eData := NewEventData(eNew, eOld)
-
-	if eJSONBytes, err := json.Marshal(eData); err == nil {
-		fmt.Println(string(eJSONBytes))
+	
+	if len(gs.namespace) > 0 {
+		namespacedData := map[string]interface{}{}
+		namespacedData[gs.namespace] = eData
+		if eJSONBytes, err := json.Marshal(namespacedData); err == nil {
+			fmt.Println(string(eJSONBytes))
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to json serialize event: %v", err)
+		}
 	} else {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to json serialize event: %v", err)
+		if eJSONBytes, err := json.Marshal(eData); err == nil {
+			fmt.Println(string(eJSONBytes))
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to json serialize event: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 }