diff --git a/hostsensorutils/hostsensoryamls.go b/hostsensorutils/hostsensor.yaml
similarity index 94%
rename from hostsensorutils/hostsensoryamls.go
rename to hostsensorutils/hostsensor.yaml
index a29bcce8..305bd09b 100644
--- a/hostsensorutils/hostsensoryamls.go
+++ b/hostsensorutils/hostsensor.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-package hostsensorutils
-
-const hostSensorYAML = `apiVersion: v1
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   labels:
@@ -62,4 +60,4 @@ spec:
         name: host-filesystem
       hostNetwork: true
       hostPID: true
-      hostIPC: true`
+      hostIPC: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hostsensorutils/hostsensordeploy.go b/hostsensorutils/hostsensordeploy.go
index 06e1c008..3d7042e8 100644
--- a/hostsensorutils/hostsensordeploy.go
+++ b/hostsensorutils/hostsensordeploy.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package hostsensorutils
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ import (
 	coreapplyv1 "k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/core/v1"
 )
 
+var (
+	//go:embed hostsensor.yaml
+	hostSensorYAML string
+)
+
 type HostSensorHandler struct {
 	HostSensorPort     int32
 	HostSensorPodNames map[string]string //map from pod names to node names