diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/conda-store/config/conda_store_config.py b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/conda-store/config/conda_store_config.py
index 0c1ed4500..3e33fe40e 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/conda-store/config/conda_store_config.py
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/kubernetes_services/template/modules/kubernetes/services/conda-store/config/conda_store_config.py
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ async def authenticate(self, request):
                 _namespace = api.get_namespace(db, name=namespace)
                 if _namespace is None:
                     api.create_namespace(db, name=namespace)
+                    db.commit()
 
         return schema.AuthenticationToken(
             primary_namespace=username,