diff --git a/internal/pkg/controllers/grafanadashboard_controller.go b/internal/pkg/controllers/grafanadashboard_controller.go
index 388fe665..9a9464fa 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/controllers/grafanadashboard_controller.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/controllers/grafanadashboard_controller.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const grafanaDashboardFinalizerName = "grafanadashboards.k8s.kevingomez.fr/finalizer"
-const folderAnnotation = "dark/folder"
+const DashboardFolderAnnotation = "dark/folder"
 
 type dashboardManager interface {
 	FromRawSpec(ctx context.Context, folderName string, uid string, rawJSON []byte) error
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (r *GrafanaDashboardReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Req
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 	}
 
-	folder := dashboard.Annotations[folderAnnotation]
+	folder := dashboard.Annotations[DashboardFolderAnnotation]
 	if dashboard.Folder != "" {
 		folder = dashboard.Folder
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/converter/json.go b/internal/pkg/converter/json.go
index d9905ca2..1e466076 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/converter/json.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/converter/json.go
@@ -5,19 +5,18 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
+	v1 "github.com/K-Phoen/dark/api/v1"
+	"github.com/K-Phoen/dark/internal/pkg/controllers"
 	grabana "github.com/K-Phoen/grabana/decoder"
 	"github.com/K-Phoen/sdk"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
-
-	v1 "github.com/K-Phoen/dark/api/v1"
 )
 
 type k8sDashboard struct {
 	APIVersion string `yaml:"apiVersion"`
 	Kind       string
-	Metadata   map[string]string
-	Folder     string
+	Metadata   map[string]interface{}
 	Spec       *grabana.DashboardModel
 }
 
@@ -81,8 +80,7 @@ func (converter *JSON) ToK8SManifest(input io.Reader, output io.Writer, options
 	manifest := k8sDashboard{
 		APIVersion: v1.GroupVersion.String(),
 		Kind:       "GrafanaDashboard",
-		Metadata:   map[string]string{"name": options.Name},
-		Folder:     options.Folder,
+		Metadata:   map[string]interface{}{"name": options.Name},
 		Spec:       dashboard,
 	}
 
@@ -90,6 +88,12 @@ func (converter *JSON) ToK8SManifest(input io.Reader, output io.Writer, options
 		manifest.Metadata["namespace"] = options.Namespace
 	}
 
+	if options.Folder != "" {
+		manifest.Metadata["annotations"] = map[string]string{
+			controllers.DashboardFolderAnnotation: options.Folder,
+		}
+	}
+
 	converted, err := yaml.Marshal(manifest)
 	if err != nil {
 		converter.logger.Error("could marshall dashboard to yaml", zap.Error(err))