diff --git a/cmd/pcapDumpRunner.go b/cmd/pcapDumpRunner.go
index 3fd515dab..fe32fdeff 100644
--- a/cmd/pcapDumpRunner.go
+++ b/cmd/pcapDumpRunner.go
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
 )
 
-const label = "app.kubeshark.co/app=worker"
-const SELF_RESOURCES_PREFIX = "kubeshark-"
-const SUFFIX_CONFIG_MAP = "config-map"
+const (
+	label  = "app.kubeshark.co/app=worker"
+	srcDir = "pcapdump"
+)
 
 // NamespaceFiles represents the namespace and the files found in that namespace.
 type NamespaceFiles struct {
@@ -55,27 +56,13 @@ func listWorkerPods(ctx context.Context, clientset *clientk8s.Clientset, namespa
 }
 
 // listFilesInPodDir lists all files in the specified directory inside the pod across multiple namespaces
-func listFilesInPodDir(ctx context.Context, clientset *clientk8s.Clientset, config *rest.Config, podName string, namespaces []string, configMapName, configMapKey string, cutoffTime *time.Time) ([]NamespaceFiles, error) {
+func listFilesInPodDir(ctx context.Context, clientset *clientk8s.Clientset, config *rest.Config, podName string, namespaces []string, cutoffTime *time.Time) ([]NamespaceFiles, error) {
 	var namespaceFilesList []NamespaceFiles
 
 	for _, namespace := range namespaces {
-		// Attempt to get the ConfigMap in the current namespace
-		configMap, err := clientset.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(namespace).Get(ctx, configMapName, metav1.GetOptions{})
-		if err != nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Check if the source directory exists in the ConfigMap
-		srcDir, ok := configMap.Data[configMapKey]
-		if !ok || srcDir == "" {
-			log.Error().Msgf("source directory not found in ConfigMap %s in namespace %s", configMapName, namespace)
-			continue
-		}
-
 		// Attempt to get the pod in the current namespace
 		pod, err := clientset.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(ctx, podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("failed to get pod %s in namespace %s", podName, namespace)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -252,7 +239,7 @@ func mergePCAPs(outputFile string, inputFiles []string) error {
 			// Read packet data
 			data, ci, err := reader.ReadPacketData()
 			if err != nil {
-				if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) || errors.Is(err, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF) {
 					break
 				}
 				log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("Error reading packet from file %s", inputFile)
@@ -295,7 +282,7 @@ func copyPcapFiles(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, config *rest.Config, destDir
 	// Iterate over each pod to get the PCAP directory from config and copy files
 	for _, pod := range workerPods {
 		// Get the list of NamespaceFiles (files per namespace) and their source directories
-		namespaceFiles, err := listFilesInPodDir(context.Background(), clientset, config, pod.Name, targetNamespaces, SELF_RESOURCES_PREFIX+SUFFIX_CONFIG_MAP, "PCAP_SRC_DIR", cutoffTime)
+		namespaceFiles, err := listFilesInPodDir(context.Background(), clientset, config, pod.Name, targetNamespaces, cutoffTime)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("Error listing files in pod %s", pod.Name)
 			continue
diff --git a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
index 9edb77339..5e03072b7 100644
--- a/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
+++ b/config/configStructs/tapConfig.go
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ type PcapDumpConfig struct {
 	PcapTimeInterval string `yaml:"timeInterval" json:"timeInterval" default:"1m"`
 	PcapMaxTime      string `yaml:"maxTime" json:"maxTime" default:"1h"`
 	PcapMaxSize      string `yaml:"maxSize" json:"maxSize" default:"500MB"`
-	PcapSrcDir       string `yaml:"pcapSrcDir" json:"pcapSrcDir" default:"pcapdump"`
 	PcapTime         string `yaml:"time" json:"time" default:"time"`
 }
 
diff --git a/helm-chart/node-minikube-worker-1-20241211-193826.pcap b/helm-chart/node-minikube-worker-1-20241211-193826.pcap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39c935c64
Binary files /dev/null and b/helm-chart/node-minikube-worker-1-20241211-193826.pcap differ
diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/12-config-map.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/12-config-map.yaml
index 48364b404..1f705c382 100644
--- a/helm-chart/templates/12-config-map.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/12-config-map.yaml
@@ -56,5 +56,4 @@ data:
     PCAP_DUMP_ENABLE: '{{ .Values.pcapdump.enabled }}'
     PCAP_TIME_INTERVAL: '{{ .Values.pcapdump.timeInterval }}'
     PCAP_MAX_TIME: '{{ .Values.pcapdump.maxTime }}'
-    PCAP_MAX_SIZE: '{{ .Values.pcapdump.maxSize }}'
-    PCAP_SRC_DIR: '{{ .Values.pcapdump.pcapSrcDir }}'
+    PCAP_MAX_SIZE: '{{ .Values.pcapdump.maxSize }}'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helm-chart/values.yaml b/helm-chart/values.yaml
index 737daf9ee..c7ab5665c 100644
--- a/helm-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/values.yaml
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ pcapdump:
   timeInterval: 1m
   maxTime: 1h
   maxSize: 500MB
-  pcapSrcDir: pcapdump
   time: time
 kube:
   configPath: ""