diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 1ca0692ac2298a215df76b5d2840ce8981c8cb5f..776d62c8f7c0e0da7191e848facccf0cf7a2410f 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ Void checkIfNamespaceExists(String namespace) {
         def namespaceList = sh (script: 'kubectl get namespaces', returnStdout: true)
 
         if(namespaceList.contains(namespace)) {
-            error("Namespace: ${namespace} existiert bereits")
+            sh "kubectl delete namespace ${namespace}"
         }
     }
 }