diff --git a/component/app.jsonnet b/component/app.jsonnet
index 27c5b47f..28908af1 100644
--- a/component/app.jsonnet
+++ b/component/app.jsonnet
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ local argocd = import 'lib/argocd.libjsonnet';
 
 local instance = inv.parameters._instance;
 
-local app = argocd.App(instance, params.namespace.name);
+local app = argocd.App(instance, params.namespace.name, base='loki');
 local appPath =
   local project = std.get(std.get(app, 'spec', {}), 'project', 'syn');
   if project == 'syn' then 'apps' else 'apps-%s' % project;