diff --git a/hack/ci/Makefile b/hack/ci/Makefile
index 408f458f..f918f4e2 100644
--- a/hack/ci/Makefile
+++ b/hack/ci/Makefile
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ enable-nats-module:
 
 .PHONY: get-nats-via-lifecycle-manager
 get-nats-via-lifecycle-manager: install-lifecycle-manager install-latest-nats-module-template-fast enable-nats-module
-	./check-k8s-resource-is-ready.sh 
+	./check-k8s-resource-is-ready.sh 180 nats kyma-system
diff --git a/hack/ci/check-k8s-resource-is-ready.sh b/hack/ci/check-k8s-resource-is-ready.sh
index cc410109..ccf81eb7 100755
--- a/hack/ci/check-k8s-resource-is-ready.sh
+++ b/hack/ci/check-k8s-resource-is-ready.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 timeouttime=${1:-180}
+resource=${2:-nats}
+namespace=${3:-kyma-system}
 
 check-nats-ready() {
-  timeout ${timeouttime}  bash -c 'while [[ "$(kubectl get -n kyma-system nats -ojsonpath='{.items[0].status.state}')" != "Ready" ]]; do sleep 1; done'
+  echo "checking ${resource} in the namespace ${namespace} to become 'Ready' for ${timeouttime} seconds"
+
+  timeout ${timeouttime}  bash -c 'while [[ "$(kubectl get -n ${namespace} ${resource} -ojsonpath='{.items[0].status.state}')" != "Ready" ]]; do sleep 1; done'
 
   if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
     echo "NATS was not 'Ready' after ${timeouttime} seconds"