diff --git a/clusters/production/apps-nearle.yaml b/clusters/production/apps-nearle.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55bbeca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/production/apps-nearle.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: Kustomization
+metadata:
+  name: nearle
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 10m
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: flux-system
+  path: ./manifests/nearle
+  prune: true
+  wait: true
+  timeout: 5m
diff --git a/manifests/core/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/core/kustomization.yaml
index 9afa51c..4efa8db 100644
--- a/manifests/core/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/core/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 
-namespace: core
+# No top-level `namespace:` override - every resource below (including
+# ingress-unified.yaml, which spans alaska and nearle) already sets its own
+# metadata.namespace explicitly. A blanket override here would silently
+# force cross-namespace resources into "core" and break their backend refs.
 
 resources:
   - core-namespace.yaml
@@ -10,3 +13,5 @@ resources:
   - worker-script.yaml
   - workers.yaml
   - worker-pdb.yaml
+  - ingress-unified.yaml
+  - traefik-middlewares.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/nearle/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/nearle/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c25213e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/nearle/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+resources:
+  - nearle-namespace.yaml
+  - nearle-config.yaml
+  - nearle-secrets.yaml
+  - nearle-app-secrets.yaml
+  - fiesta-gateway.yaml
+  - nearle-fiesta.yaml
+  - nearle-jupiter.yaml
+  - jupiter-cors-proxy.yaml
+  - nearle-atlantis.yaml
+  - nearle-titan.yaml
+  - nearle-ariane.yaml
+  - nearle-gateway.yaml
+  - nearle-reference-grant.yaml