diff --git a/bot/approvals.go b/bot/approvals.go
index 0e263ff5..663e2a97 100644
--- a/bot/approvals.go
+++ b/bot/approvals.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (b *Bot) requestApproval(req *types.Approval) error {
 		[]slack.AttachmentField{
 			slack.AttachmentField{
 				Title: "Approval required!",
-				Value: req.Message + "\n" + fmt.Sprintf("To vote for change type 'lgtm <identifier>' to reject it: 'reject <identifier>."),
+				Value: req.Message + "\n" + fmt.Sprintf("To vote for change type '%s lgtm <identifier>' to reject it: '%s reject <identifier>.", b.name, b.name),
 				Short: false,
 			},
 			slack.AttachmentField{
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ func (b *Bot) processApprovedResponse(approvalResponse *approvalResponse) error
 			continue
 		}
 		fmt.Println("approving: ", identifier)
-		approval, err := b.approvalsManager.Approve(identifier)
+		fmt.Println("user: ", approvalResponse.User)
+		approval, err := b.approvalsManager.Approve(identifier, approvalResponse.User)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 				"error":      err,
diff --git a/constants/constants.go b/constants/constants.go
index 833c94a9..e18be1da 100644
--- a/constants/constants.go
+++ b/constants/constants.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package constants
 // DefaultDockerRegistry - default docker registry
 const DefaultDockerRegistry = "https://index.docker.io"
 
+// DefaultNamespace - default namespace to initialise configmaps based kv
+const DefaultNamespace = "kube-system"
+
 // WebhookEndpointEnv if set - enables webhook notifications
 const WebhookEndpointEnv = "WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT"
 
diff --git a/provider/helm/approvals.go b/provider/helm/approvals.go
index b15da915..c1640877 100644
--- a/provider/helm/approvals.go
+++ b/provider/helm/approvals.go
@@ -59,14 +59,12 @@ func (p *Provider) isApproved(event *types.Event, plan *UpdatePlan) (bool, error
 				Deadline:       time.Now().Add(time.Duration(plan.Config.ApprovalDeadline) * time.Hour),
 			}
 
-			approval.Message = fmt.Sprintf("New image is available for deployment %s/%s (%s).",
+			approval.Message = fmt.Sprintf("New image is available for release %s/%s (%s).",
 				plan.Namespace,
 				plan.Name,
 				approval.Delta(),
 			)
 
-			fmt.Println("requesting approval, ns: ", plan.Namespace)
-
 			return false, p.approvalManager.Create(approval)
 		}
 
diff --git a/provider/kubernetes/implementer.go b/provider/kubernetes/implementer.go
index 0ed6d403..6543edee 100644
--- a/provider/kubernetes/implementer.go
+++ b/provider/kubernetes/implementer.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	meta_v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	core_v1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ type Implementer interface {
 	Update(deployment *v1beta1.Deployment) error
 	Secret(namespace, name string) (*v1.Secret, error)
 	Pods(namespace, labelSelector string) (*v1.PodList, error)
+	ConfigMaps(namespace string) core_v1.ConfigMapInterface
 }
 
 // KubernetesImplementer - default kubernetes client implementer, uses
@@ -112,3 +114,8 @@ func (i *KubernetesImplementer) Secret(namespace, name string) (*v1.Secret, erro
 func (i *KubernetesImplementer) Pods(namespace, labelSelector string) (*v1.PodList, error) {
 	return i.client.Pods(namespace).List(meta_v1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labelSelector})
 }
+
+// ConfigMaps - returns an interface to config maps for a specified namespace
+func (i *KubernetesImplementer) ConfigMaps(namespace string) core_v1.ConfigMapInterface {
+	return i.client.ConfigMaps(namespace)
+}
diff --git a/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go b/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
index 4378caf4..1a2c6dd0 100644
--- a/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
+++ b/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rusenask/keel/util/codecs"
 
 	meta_v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	core_v1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1"
 )
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ func (i *fakeImplementer) Pods(namespace, labelSelector string) (*v1.PodList, er
 	return i.podList, nil
 }
 
+func (i *fakeImplementer) ConfigMaps(namespace string) core_v1.ConfigMapInterface {
+	return nil
+}
+
 type fakeSender struct {
 	sentEvent types.EventNotification
 }