diff --git a/commands/env.go b/commands/env.go
index 0bf32a1a2221b340b694ef1c9a851b32ff07312a..c2128780d1f998809fdd4eff33582f6b6d9e2c8c 100644
--- a/commands/env.go
+++ b/commands/env.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug/util/interrupt"
 )
 
-const gitBugNamespace = "git-bug"
+const GitBugNamespace = "git-bug"
 
 // Env is the environment of a command
 type Env struct {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func loadRepo(env *Env) func(*cobra.Command, []string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		env.repo, err = repository.OpenGoGitRepo(cwd, gitBugNamespace, []repository.ClockLoader{bug.ClockLoader})
+		env.repo, err = repository.OpenGoGitRepo(cwd, GitBugNamespace, []repository.ClockLoader{bug.ClockLoader})
 		if err == repository.ErrNotARepo {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s must be run from within a git repo", rootCommandName)
 		}
diff --git a/commands/root_test.go b/commands/root_test.go
index 5f5a88760e21b15d96c3fcc361507f7105e21e26..840bedda7870194c932668a3a23e87dbc13c9b21 100644
--- a/commands/root_test.go
+++ b/commands/root_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func newTestEnv(t *testing.T) *testEnv {
 		require.NoError(t, os.RemoveAll(cwd))
 	})
 
-	repo, err := repository.InitGoGitRepo(cwd)
+	repo, err := repository.InitGoGitRepo(cwd, commands.GitBugNamespace)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		require.NoError(t, repo.Close())