diff --git a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
index 789b74fb..c539b5af 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
+++ b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
@@ -386,84 +386,6 @@ void falco_engine::populate_rule_result(unique_ptr<struct rule_result> &res, gen
 	}
 }
 
-bool falco_engine::parse_k8s_audit_json(nlohmann::json &j, std::list<json_event> &evts, bool top)
-{
-	// Note that nlohmann::basic_json::value can throw  nlohmann::basic_json::type_error (302, 306)
-	try
-	{
-		// If the object is an array, call parse_k8s_audit_json again for each item.
-		if(j.is_array())
-		{
-			if(top)
-			{
-				for(auto &item : j)
-				{
-					// Note we only handle a single top level array, to
-					// avoid excessive recursion.
-					if(! parse_k8s_audit_json(item, evts, false))
-					{
-						return false;
-					}
-				}
-
-				return true;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// If the kind is EventList, split it into individual events
-		if(j.value("kind", "<NA>") == "EventList")
-		{
-			for(auto &je : j["items"])
-			{
-				evts.emplace_back();
-				je["kind"] = "Event";
-
-				uint64_t ns = 0;
-				if(!sinsp_utils::parse_iso_8601_utc_string(je.value(k8s_audit_time, "<NA>"), ns))
-				{
-					return false;
-				}
-
-				std::string tmp;
-				sinsp_utils::ts_to_string(ns, &tmp, false, true);
-
-				evts.back().set_jevt(je, ns);
-			}
-
-			return true;
-		}
-		else if(j.value("kind", "<NA>") == "Event")
-		{
-			evts.emplace_back();
-			uint64_t ns = 0;
-			if(!sinsp_utils::parse_iso_8601_utc_string(j.value(k8s_audit_time, "<NA>"), ns))
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			evts.back().set_jevt(j, ns);
-			return true;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-	catch(exception &e)
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-}
-
-unique_ptr<falco_engine::rule_result> falco_engine::process_k8s_audit_event(json_event *ev)
-{
-	return process_k8s_audit_event(ev, m_default_ruleset_id);
-}
-
 void falco_engine::describe_rule(string *rule)
 {
 	return m_rules->describe_rule(rule);
diff --git a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.h b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.h
index d975b59f..effa8395 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.h
+++ b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.h
@@ -164,16 +164,6 @@ public:
 		std::set<std::string> tags;
 	};
 
-	//
-	// Given a raw json object, return a list of k8s audit event
-	// objects that represent the object. This method handles
-	// things such as EventList splitting.
-	//
-	// Returns true if the json object was recognized as a k8s
-	// audit event(s), false otherwise.
-	//
-	bool parse_k8s_audit_json(nlohmann::json &j, std::list<json_event> &evts, bool top=true);
-
 	//
 	// Given an event, check it against the set of rules in the
 	// engine and if a matching rule is found, return details on
diff --git a/userspace/engine/json_evt.cpp b/userspace/engine/json_evt.cpp
index 36a64451..5eaf7ea7 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/json_evt.cpp
+++ b/userspace/engine/json_evt.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,81 @@ uint64_t json_event::get_ts() const
 	return m_event_ts;
 }
 
+static nlohmann::json::json_pointer k8s_audit_time = "/stageTimestamp"_json_pointer;
+
+bool falco_k8s_audit::parse_k8s_audit_json(nlohmann::json &j, std::list<json_event> &evts, bool top)
+{
+	// Note that nlohmann::basic_json::value can throw  nlohmann::basic_json::type_error (302, 306)
+	try
+	{
+		// If the object is an array, call parse_k8s_audit_json again for each item.
+		if(j.is_array())
+		{
+			if(top)
+			{
+				for(auto &item : j)
+				{
+					// Note we only handle a single top level array, to
+					// avoid excessive recursion.
+					if(! parse_k8s_audit_json(item, evts, false))
+					{
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+
+				return true;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// If the kind is EventList, split it into individual events
+		if(j.value("kind", "<NA>") == "EventList")
+		{
+			for(auto &je : j["items"])
+			{
+				evts.emplace_back();
+				je["kind"] = "Event";
+
+				uint64_t ns = 0;
+				if(!sinsp_utils::parse_iso_8601_utc_string(je.value(k8s_audit_time, "<NA>"), ns))
+				{
+					return false;
+				}
+
+				std::string tmp;
+				sinsp_utils::ts_to_string(ns, &tmp, false, true);
+
+				evts.back().set_jevt(je, ns);
+			}
+
+			return true;
+		}
+		else if(j.value("kind", "<NA>") == "Event")
+		{
+			evts.emplace_back();
+			uint64_t ns = 0;
+			if(!sinsp_utils::parse_iso_8601_utc_string(j.value(k8s_audit_time, "<NA>"), ns))
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			evts.back().set_jevt(j, ns);
+			return true;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	catch(exception &e)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 json_event_value::json_event_value()
 {
 }
diff --git a/userspace/engine/json_evt.h b/userspace/engine/json_evt.h
index 34d59aec..2f9e1710 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/json_evt.h
+++ b/userspace/engine/json_evt.h
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ protected:
 	uint64_t m_event_ts;
 };
 
+namespace falco_k8s_audit {
+
+	//
+	// Given a raw json object, return a list of k8s audit event
+	// objects that represent the object. This method handles
+	// things such as EventList splitting.
+	//
+	// Returns true if the json object was recognized as a k8s
+	// audit event(s), false otherwise.
+	//
+	bool parse_k8s_audit_json(nlohmann::json &j, std::list<json_event> &evts, bool top=true);
+};
+
 // A class representing an extracted value or a value on the rhs of a
 // filter_check. This intentionally doesn't use the same types as
 // ppm_events_public.h to take advantage of actual classes instead of
diff --git a/userspace/falco/webserver.cpp b/userspace/falco/webserver.cpp
index bd9c6e49..7eca9dcf 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/webserver.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/webserver.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ bool k8s_audit_handler::accept_data(falco_engine *engine,
 	bool ok;
 	try
 	{
-		ok = engine->parse_k8s_audit_json(j, jevts);
+		ok = falco_k8s_audit::parse_k8s_audit_json(j, jevts);
 	}
 	catch(json::type_error &e)
 	{