diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edb25e9..1aa28f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Note: Breaking changes between versions are indicated by "💥".
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- [Bugfix] Fix "evalsymlink failure" during `k8s quickstart` (#611).
 - [Bugfix] Fix "TypeError: upgrade() got an unexpected keyword argument 'non_interactive'" during `local upgrade`.
 
 
diff --git a/tutor/commands/k8s.py b/tutor/commands/k8s.py
index 64c0146..0622b11 100644
--- a/tutor/commands/k8s.py
+++ b/tutor/commands/k8s.py
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ def start(context: Context, names: List[str]) -> None:
     except exceptions.TutorError:
         fmt.echo_info("Namespace does not exist: now creating it...")
         kubectl_apply(
+            context.root,
             "--wait",
             "--selector",
             "app.kubernetes.io/component=namespace",