diff --git a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
index 030740fce..7faeac86b 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ func updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx cont
 	if matchingPods, err := kubernetesProvider.ListAllRunningPodsMatchingRegex(ctx, mizu.Config.Tap.PodRegex(), targetNamespaces); err != nil {
 		return err, false
 	} else {
-		addedPods, removedPods := getPodArrayDiff(state.currentlyTappedPods, matchingPods)
+		podsToTap := excludeMizuPods(matchingPods)
+		addedPods, removedPods := getPodArrayDiff(state.currentlyTappedPods, podsToTap)
 		for _, addedPod := range addedPods {
 			changeFound = true
 			mizu.Log.Infof(uiUtils.Green, fmt.Sprintf("+%s", addedPod.Name))
@@ -428,12 +429,25 @@ func updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx cont
 			changeFound = true
 			mizu.Log.Infof(uiUtils.Red, fmt.Sprintf("-%s", removedPod.Name))
 		}
-		state.currentlyTappedPods = matchingPods
+		state.currentlyTappedPods = podsToTap
 	}
 
 	return nil, changeFound
 }
 
+func excludeMizuPods(pods []core.Pod) []core.Pod {
+	mizuPrefixRegex := regexp.MustCompile("^" + mizu.MizuResourcesPrefix)
+
+	nonMizuPods := make([]core.Pod, 0)
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		if !mizuPrefixRegex.MatchString(pod.Name) {
+			nonMizuPods = append(nonMizuPods, pod)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nonMizuPods
+}
+
 func getPodArrayDiff(oldPods []core.Pod, newPods []core.Pod) (added []core.Pod, removed []core.Pod) {
 	added = getMissingPods(newPods, oldPods)
 	removed = getMissingPods(oldPods, newPods)
diff --git a/cli/fsUtils/mizuLogsUtils.go b/cli/fsUtils/mizuLogsUtils.go
index 701c8b25f..b48cc2aa6 100644
--- a/cli/fsUtils/mizuLogsUtils.go
+++ b/cli/fsUtils/mizuLogsUtils.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func DumpLogs(provider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx context.Context, filePath string) error {
-	podExactRegex := regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf("^mizu-"))
+	podExactRegex := regexp.MustCompile("^" + mizu.MizuResourcesPrefix)
 	pods, err := provider.ListAllPodsMatchingRegex(ctx, podExactRegex, []string{mizu.Config.MizuResourcesNamespace})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cli/mizu/consts.go b/cli/mizu/consts.go
index 576010709..c90c78179 100644
--- a/cli/mizu/consts.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/consts.go
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	ApiServerPodName       = "mizu-api-server"
-	ClusterRoleBindingName = "mizu-cluster-role-binding"
-	ClusterRoleName        = "mizu-cluster-role"
+	MizuResourcesPrefix    = "mizu-"
+	ApiServerPodName       = MizuResourcesPrefix + "api-server"
+	ClusterRoleBindingName = MizuResourcesPrefix + "cluster-role-binding"
+	ClusterRoleName        = MizuResourcesPrefix + "cluster-role"
 	K8sAllNamespaces       = ""
-	RoleBindingName        = "mizu-role-binding"
-	RoleName               = "mizu-role"
-	ServiceAccountName     = "mizu-service-account"
-	TapperDaemonSetName    = "mizu-tapper-daemon-set"
-	TapperPodName          = "mizu-tapper"
-	ConfigMapName          = "mizu-policy"
+	RoleBindingName        = MizuResourcesPrefix + "role-binding"
+	RoleName               = MizuResourcesPrefix + "role"
+	ServiceAccountName     = MizuResourcesPrefix + "service-account"
+	TapperDaemonSetName    = MizuResourcesPrefix + "tapper-daemon-set"
+	TapperPodName          = MizuResourcesPrefix + "tapper"
+	ConfigMapName          = MizuResourcesPrefix + "policy"
 )
 
 func GetMizuFolderPath() string {