diff --git a/cmd/exporter/main.go b/cmd/exporter/main.go
index f36610d..c95819c 100644
--- a/cmd/exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/exporter/main.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Path to a kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
 	flag.StringVar(&masterURL, "master", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server. Overrides any value in kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
 	flag.StringVar(&configFile, "config.file", "", "Event exporter configuration file path")
-	flag.BoolVar(&util.NewEventType, "newEventType", false, "if true, exporter will use new event type")
+	flag.StringVar(&util.NewEventType, "newEventType", util.EventVersionOld, "event version, eventsv1 or corev1")
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/kube_events_exporter.go b/pkg/exporter/kube_events_exporter.go
index 6a27cac..d60168a 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/kube_events_exporter.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/kube_events_exporter.go
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+
 	"github.com/kubesphere/kube-events/pkg/util"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/events/v1"
+	eventsv1 "k8s.io/api/events/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/kubesphere/kube-events/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/kubesphere/kube-events/pkg/exporter/sinks"
@@ -204,8 +205,8 @@ func NewKubeEventSource(client *kubernetes.Clientset) *K8sEventSource {
 	}
 	var eventType runtime.Object
 	var lw *cache.ListWatch
-	if util.NewEventType {
-		eventType = &v1.Event{}
+	if util.NewEventType == util.EventVersionNew {
+		eventType = &eventsv1.Event{}
 		lw = cache.NewListWatchFromClient(client.EventsV1().RESTClient(),
 			"events", metav1.NamespaceAll, fields.Everything())
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/util/annoutil.go b/pkg/util/annoutil.go
index d74bed2..4190408 100644
--- a/pkg/util/annoutil.go
+++ b/pkg/util/annoutil.go
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
+const (
+	EventVersionOld = "corev1"
+	EventVersionNew = "eventsv1"
+)
+
 var cluster string
-var NewEventType bool
+var NewEventType string
 
 func SetClusterName(client *kubernetes.Clientset) {
 	setCluster(client)
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ func setCluster(client *kubernetes.Clientset) {
 	ns, err := client.CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(context.Background(), "kubesphere-system", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("get namespace kubesphere-system error: %s", err)
+		return
 	}
 
 	if ns.Annotations != nil {