diff --git a/build_system/charts/open-appsec-k8s-nginx-ingress/templates/controller-statefulset.yaml b/build_system/charts/open-appsec-k8s-nginx-ingress/templates/controller-statefulset.yaml
index af082a3..5502372 100644
--- a/build_system/charts/open-appsec-k8s-nginx-ingress/templates/controller-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/build_system/charts/open-appsec-k8s-nginx-ingress/templates/controller-statefulset.yaml
@@ -103,12 +103,15 @@ spec:
           - {{ .Values.appsec.proxy }}
         {{- end }}          
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.appsec.image.pullPolicy }}
-        {{- if eq .Values.appsec.playground false }}
           env:
+        {{- if eq .Values.appsec.playground false }}
             - name: SHARED_STORAGE_HOST
               value: {{ .Values.appsec.storage.name }}-svc
             - name: LEARNING_HOST
               value: {{ .Values.appsec.learning.name }}-svc
+        {{- else }}
+            - name: PLAYGROUND
+              value: "true"
         {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{ toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
diff --git a/components/security_apps/orchestration/local_policy_mgmt_gen/local_policy_mgmt_gen.cc b/components/security_apps/orchestration/local_policy_mgmt_gen/local_policy_mgmt_gen.cc
index 2f56bb8..94f1288 100644
--- a/components/security_apps/orchestration/local_policy_mgmt_gen/local_policy_mgmt_gen.cc
+++ b/components/security_apps/orchestration/local_policy_mgmt_gen/local_policy_mgmt_gen.cc
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@
 
 #include "local_policy_mgmt_gen.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cctype>
 #include <map>
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <streambuf>
 #include <cereal/types/vector.hpp>
@@ -1215,9 +1218,28 @@ private:
     LocalPolicyEnv env_type;
     map<string, string> practice_name_to_id_map;
 
+    bool 
+    isPlaygroundEnv()
+    {
+        string playground_variable = "PLAYGROUND";
+        const char* env_string = getenv(playground_variable.c_str());
+        
+        if (env_string)
+        {
+          string env_value = env_string;
+          std::transform(env_value.begin(), env_value.end(), env_value.begin(), 
+                         [](unsigned char c){ return std::tolower(c); });
+          return env_value == "true";           
+        }
+         
+        return false;
+    }
+
     bool
     getClusterId()
     {
+        string playground_uid = isPlaygroundEnv() ? "playground-" : "";
+
         dbgTrace(D_K8S_POLICY) << "Getting cluster UID";
         auto maybe_namespaces_data = getObjectFromCluster<NamespaceData>("/api/v1/namespaces/");
 
@@ -1241,7 +1263,7 @@ private:
                     uid,
                     EnvKeyAttr::LogSection::SOURCE
                 );
-                Singleton::Consume<I_AgentDetails>::by<LocalPolicyMgmtGenerator::Impl>()->setClusterId(uid);
+                Singleton::Consume<I_AgentDetails>::by<LocalPolicyMgmtGenerator::Impl>()->setClusterId(playground_uid + uid);
                 return true;
             }
         }