diff --git a/pkg/canary/config_tracker_test.go b/pkg/canary/config_tracker_test.go
index fb8423f8..423befc7 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/config_tracker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/config_tracker_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ func TestConfigIsDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConfigTracker_ConfigMaps(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("deployment", func(t *testing.T) {
-		depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-		mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+		dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+		mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 		configMap := newDeploymentControllerTestConfigMap()
 		configMapProjected := newDeploymentControllerTestConfigProjected()
 
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ func TestConfigTracker_ConfigMaps(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("daemonset", func(t *testing.T) {
-		mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+		dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+		mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 		configMap := newDaemonSetControllerTestConfigMap()
 		configMapProjected := newDaemonSetControllerTestConfigProjected()
 
@@ -157,8 +158,8 @@ func TestConfigTracker_ConfigMaps(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConfigTracker_Secrets(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("deployment", func(t *testing.T) {
-		depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-		mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+		dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+		mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 		secret := newDeploymentControllerTestSecret()
 		secretProjected := newDeploymentControllerTestSecretProjected()
 
@@ -222,7 +223,8 @@ func TestConfigTracker_Secrets(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("daemonset", func(t *testing.T) {
-		mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+		dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+		mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 		secret := newDaemonSetControllerTestSecret()
 		secretProjected := newDaemonSetControllerTestSecretProjected()
 
diff --git a/pkg/canary/daemonset_controller_test.go b/pkg/canary/daemonset_controller_test.go
index d7c67e88..581d4c3f 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/daemonset_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/daemonset_controller_test.go
@@ -15,21 +15,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_Sync(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	daePrimary, err := mocks.kubeClient.AppsV1().DaemonSets("default").Get(context.TODO(), "podinfo-primary", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	dae := newDaemonSetControllerTestPodInfo()
+	dae := newDaemonSetControllerTestPodInfo(dc)
 	primaryImage := daePrimary.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image
 	sourceImage := dae.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image
 	assert.Equal(t, primaryImage, sourceImage)
 }
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_Promote(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ func TestDaemonSetController_Promote(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_NoConfigTracking(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	mocks.controller.configTracker = &NopTracker{}
 
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
@@ -75,7 +78,8 @@ func TestDaemonSetController_NoConfigTracking(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_HasTargetChanged(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -163,7 +167,8 @@ func TestDaemonSetController_HasTargetChanged(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_Scale(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("ScaleToZero", func(t *testing.T) {
-		mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+		dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+		mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 		err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -179,7 +184,8 @@ func TestDaemonSetController_Scale(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 	t.Run("ScaleFromZeo", func(t *testing.T) {
-		mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+		dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+		mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 		err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -197,7 +203,8 @@ func TestDaemonSetController_Scale(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_Finalize(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/pkg/canary/daemonset_fixture_test.go b/pkg/canary/daemonset_fixture_test.go
index 4d0e8291..db474126 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/daemonset_fixture_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/daemonset_fixture_test.go
@@ -23,14 +23,20 @@ type daemonSetControllerFixture struct {
 	logger        *zap.SugaredLogger
 }
 
-func newDaemonSetFixture() daemonSetControllerFixture {
+type daemonsetConfigs struct {
+	name       string
+	labelValue string
+	label      string
+}
+
+func newDaemonSetFixture(dc daemonsetConfigs) daemonSetControllerFixture {
 	// init canary
 	canary := newDaemonSetControllerTestCanary()
 	flaggerClient := fakeFlagger.NewSimpleClientset(canary)
 
 	// init kube clientset and register mock objects
 	kubeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset(
-		newDaemonSetControllerTestPodInfo(),
+		newDaemonSetControllerTestPodInfo(dc),
 		newDaemonSetControllerTestConfigMap(),
 		newDaemonSetControllerTestConfigMapEnv(),
 		newDaemonSetControllerTestConfigMapVol(),
@@ -282,23 +288,23 @@ func newDaemonSetControllerTestCanary() *flaggerv1.Canary {
 	return cd
 }
 
-func newDaemonSetControllerTestPodInfo() *appsv1.DaemonSet {
+func newDaemonSetControllerTestPodInfo(dc daemonsetConfigs) *appsv1.DaemonSet {
 	d := &appsv1.DaemonSet{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String()},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Namespace: "default",
-			Name:      "podinfo",
+			Name:      dc.name,
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DaemonSetSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
 				MatchLabels: map[string]string{
-					"name": "podinfo",
+					dc.label: dc.labelValue,
 				},
 			},
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Labels: map[string]string{
-						"name": "podinfo",
+						dc.label: dc.labelValue,
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/canary/daemonset_ready_test.go b/pkg/canary/daemonset_ready_test.go
index 99cbda2b..4638bed4 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/daemonset_ready_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/daemonset_ready_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_IsReady(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ func TestDaemonSetController_IsReady(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_isDaemonSetReady(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	cd := &flaggerv1.Canary{}
 
 	// observed generation is less than desired generation
diff --git a/pkg/canary/daemonset_status_test.go b/pkg/canary/daemonset_status_test.go
index 12f822d5..334f5c7b 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/daemonset_status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/daemonset_status_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_SyncStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ func TestDaemonSetController_SyncStatus(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_SetFailedChecks(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -49,7 +51,8 @@ func TestDaemonSetController_SetFailedChecks(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDaemonSetController_SetState(t *testing.T) {
-	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture()
+	dc := daemonsetConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDaemonSetFixture(dc)
 	err := mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_controller_test.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_controller_test.go
index ce0703f3..ec4b9b57 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_controller_test.go
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDeploymentController_Sync(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	depPrimary, err := mocks.kubeClient.AppsV1().Deployments("default").Get(context.TODO(), "podinfo-primary", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	dep := newDeploymentControllerTest(depConfig)
+	dep := newDeploymentControllerTest(dc)
 	primaryImage := depPrimary.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image
 	sourceImage := dep.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Image
 	assert.Equal(t, sourceImage, primaryImage)
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_Sync(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_Promote(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	dep2 := newDeploymentControllerTestV2()
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_Promote(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_ScaleToZero(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	err := mocks.controller.ScaleToZero(mocks.canary)
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_ScaleToZero(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_NoConfigTracking(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.controller.configTracker = &NopTracker{}
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_NoConfigTracking(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_HasTargetChanged(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	// save last applied hash
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_HasTargetChanged(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_Finalize(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		mocks          deploymentControllerFixture
diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_ready_test.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_ready_test.go
index 619a0378..48da6a47 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_ready_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_ready_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDeploymentController_IsReady(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.controller.Initialize(mocks.canary)
 
 	err := mocks.controller.IsPrimaryReady(mocks.canary)
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_IsReady(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_isDeploymentReady(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 
 	// observed generation is less than desired generation
 	dp := &appsv1.Deployment{Status: appsv1.DeploymentStatus{ObservedGeneration: -1}}
diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_status_test.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_status_test.go
index 99f172f6..c7364b57 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_status_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDeploymentController_SyncStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	status := flaggerv1.CanaryStatus{
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_SyncStatus(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_SetFailedChecks(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	err := mocks.controller.SetStatusFailedChecks(mocks.canary, 1)
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ func TestDeploymentController_SetFailedChecks(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDeploymentController_SetState(t *testing.T) {
-	depConfig := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
-	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(depConfig)
+	dc := deploymentConfigs{name: "podinfo", label: "name", labelValue: "podinfo"}
+	mocks := newDeploymentFixture(dc)
 	mocks.initializeCanary(t)
 
 	err := mocks.controller.SetStatusPhase(mocks.canary, flaggerv1.CanaryPhaseProgressing)