diff --git a/plugins/out_parseable/parseable.c b/plugins/out_parseable/parseable.c
index 480e6775340..646c308406c 100644
--- a/plugins/out_parseable/parseable.c
+++ b/plugins/out_parseable/parseable.c
@@ -123,16 +123,26 @@ static void cb_parseable_flush(struct flb_event_chunk *event_chunk,
             flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "EN: %s", ctx->p_exclude_namespaces);
 
 
-            if (mk_list_is_empty(&ctx->p_exclude_namespaces)) {
-                flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "No exclude namespaces configured.");
-            } else {
-                struct mk_list *head;
-                struct flb_slist_entry *entry;
-                mk_list_foreach(head, &ctx->p_exclude_namespaces) {
+            struct mk_list *head;
+            struct flb_slist_entry *entry;
+
+            if (ctx->p_exclude_namespaces) {
+                mk_list_foreach(head, ctx->p_exclude_namespaces) {
                     entry = mk_list_entry(head, struct flb_slist_entry, _head);
                     flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Exclude namespace: %s", entry->str);
                 }
-            }
+             }
+
+            // if (mk_list_is_empty(&ctx->p_exclude_namespaces)) {
+            //     flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "No exclude namespaces configured.");
+            // } else {
+            //     struct mk_list *head;
+            //     struct flb_slist_entry *entry;
+            //     mk_list_foreach(head, &ctx->p_exclude_namespaces) {
+            //         entry = mk_list_entry(head, struct flb_slist_entry, _head);
+            //         flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Exclude namespace: %s", entry->str);
+            //     }
+            // }
 
             flb_sds_t namespace_name = flb_sds_create_size(256); // Dynamic string
             if (body_copy != NULL) {
@@ -147,35 +157,35 @@ static void cb_parseable_flush(struct flb_event_chunk *event_chunk,
                         // Debug: Print the extracted namespace name
                         flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Extracted namespace_name: %s", namespace_name);
 
-                        // Exclusion logic (revised)
-                        if (!mk_list_is_empty(&ctx->p_exclude_namespaces)) {
-                            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Checking exclude namespaces...");
+                        // // Exclusion logic (revised)
+                        // if (!mk_list_is_empty(&ctx->p_exclude_namespaces)) {
+                        //     flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Checking exclude namespaces...");
 
-                            struct mk_list *head;
-                            struct flb_slist_entry *entry;
-                            mk_list_foreach(head, &ctx->p_exclude_namespaces) {
-                                entry = mk_list_entry(head, struct flb_slist_entry, _head);
+                        //     struct mk_list *head;
+                        //     struct flb_slist_entry *entry;
+                        //     mk_list_foreach(head, &ctx->p_exclude_namespaces) {
+                        //         entry = mk_list_entry(head, struct flb_slist_entry, _head);
                                 
-                                // Debug: Print each exclude namespace in the list
-                                flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Checking against exclude namespace: %s", entry->str);
+                        //         // Debug: Print each exclude namespace in the list
+                        //         flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Checking against exclude namespace: %s", entry->str);
 
-                                if (flb_sds_cmp(entry->str, namespace_name, flb_sds_len(namespace_name)) == 0) {
-                                    flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Skipping excluded namespace: %s", namespace_name);
+                        //         if (flb_sds_cmp(entry->str, namespace_name, flb_sds_len(namespace_name)) == 0) {
+                        //             flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Skipping excluded namespace: %s", namespace_name);
                                     
-                                    // Cleanup
-                                    flb_sds_destroy(namespace_name);
-                                    flb_sds_destroy(body);
-                                    flb_sds_destroy(body_copy);
-                                    msgpack_unpacked_destroy(&result);
+                        //             // Cleanup
+                        //             flb_sds_destroy(namespace_name);
+                        //             flb_sds_destroy(body);
+                        //             flb_sds_destroy(body_copy);
+                        //             msgpack_unpacked_destroy(&result);
                                     
-                                    // Skip sending the HTTP request
-                                    FLB_OUTPUT_RETURN(FLB_OK);  
-                                }
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            // Debug: List of exclude namespaces is empty
-                            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "No exclude namespaces configured.");
-                        }
+                        //             // Skip sending the HTTP request
+                        //             FLB_OUTPUT_RETURN(FLB_OK);  
+                        //         }
+                        //     }
+                        // } else {
+                        //     // Debug: List of exclude namespaces is empty
+                        //     flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "No exclude namespaces configured.");
+                        // }
                     }
                 } else {
                     // Debug: Could not find the namespace_name in body_copy
@@ -308,7 +318,7 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
     "The port on the host to send logs to."
     },
     {
-     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_SLIST, "P_Exclude_Namespaces", NULL,
+     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_CLIST, "P_Exclude_Namespaces", NULL,
      0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_out_parseable, p_exclude_namespaces),
     "A space-separated list of Kubernetes namespaces to exclude from log forwarding."
     },
diff --git a/plugins/out_parseable/parseable.h b/plugins/out_parseable/parseable.h
index ab69338d07d..5d8cc0c2e15 100644
--- a/plugins/out_parseable/parseable.h
+++ b/plugins/out_parseable/parseable.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct flb_out_parseable {
     flb_sds_t p_username;
     flb_sds_t p_password;
     flb_sds_t p_stream;
-    struct mk_list p_exclude_namespaces;  // Use mk_list for namespace exclusion
+    struct mk_list *p_exclude_namespaces;  // Use mk_list for namespace exclusion
     struct flb_upstream *upstream;
     struct flb_output_instance *ins;
 };