diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/topologyspec.go b/apis/v1alpha1/topologyspec.go
index 1fdaa01c..e00bbcc1 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/topologyspec.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/topologyspec.go
@@ -69,17 +69,14 @@ type Definition struct {
 
 // Expose holds configurations relevant to how clabernetes exposes a topology.
 type Expose struct {
-	// DisableNodeAliasService indicates if headless services for each node in a containerlab
-	// topology should *not* be created. By default, clabernetes creates these headless services for
-	// each node so that "normal" docker and containerlab service discovery works -- this means you
-	// can simply resolve "my-neat-node" from within the namespace of a topology like you would in
-	// docker locally. You may wish to disable this feature though if you have no need of it and
-	// just don't want the extra services around. Additionally, you may want to disable this feature
-	// if you are running multiple labs in the same namespace (which is not generally recommended by
-	// the way!) as you may end up in a situation where a name (i.e. "leaf1") is duplicated in more
-	// than one topology -- this will cause some problems for clabernetes!
-	// +optional
-	DisableNodeAliasService bool `json:"disableNodeAliasService"`
+	// EnableNodeAliasService indicates if a headless services for each node in a containerlab
+	// topology should be created. Enabling this feature makes things behave more like "normal"
+	// clab/docker setup where node "a" can resolve node "b" simply by name. You likely do *not*
+	// want to enable this if you are running multiple labs in the same namespace as there may be
+	// issues where a clab node name is present in multiple labs which would cause reconciliation
+	// issues.
+	// +optional
+	EnableNodeAliasService bool `json:"enableNodeAliasService"`
 	// DisableExpose indicates if exposing nodes via LoadBalancer service should be disabled, by
 	// default any mapped ports in a containerlab topology will be exposed.
 	// +optional
diff --git a/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/simple-no-explicit-namespace/srl02.yaml b/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/simple-no-explicit-namespace/srl02.yaml
index af589f44..5710d002 100755
--- a/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/simple-no-explicit-namespace/srl02.yaml
+++ b/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/simple-no-explicit-namespace/srl02.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ spec:
   expose:
     disableAutoExpose: false
     disableExpose: true
-    disableNodeAliasService: false
+    enableNodeAliasService: false
   imagePull:
     insecureRegistries:
     - 1.2.3.4
diff --git a/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/simple/srl02.yaml b/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/simple/srl02.yaml
index 3b08ef48..4c2e2b70 100755
--- a/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/simple/srl02.yaml
+++ b/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/simple/srl02.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ spec:
   expose:
     disableAutoExpose: false
     disableExpose: false
-    disableNodeAliasService: false
+    enableNodeAliasService: false
   imagePull:
     insecureRegistries:
     - 1.2.3.4
diff --git a/controllers/topology/servicenodealias.go b/controllers/topology/servicenodealias.go
index c929b8f2..7ab079e0 100644
--- a/controllers/topology/servicenodealias.go
+++ b/controllers/topology/servicenodealias.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (r *ServiceNodeAliasReconciler) Resolve(
 
 	var allNodes []string
 
-	if !owningTopology.Spec.Expose.DisableNodeAliasService {
+	if owningTopology.Spec.Expose.EnableNodeAliasService {
 		allNodes = make([]string, len(clabernetesConfigs))
 
 		idx := 0
diff --git a/controllers/topology/servicenodealias_test.go b/controllers/topology/servicenodealias_test.go
index a8ecde05..b0203809 100644
--- a/controllers/topology/servicenodealias_test.go
+++ b/controllers/topology/servicenodealias_test.go
@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@ func TestResolveServiceNodeResolution(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedExtra:      []*k8scorev1.Service{},
 		},
 		{
-			name:           "missing-nodes",
-			owningTopology: &clabernetesapisv1alpha1.Topology{},
-			ownedServices:  &k8scorev1.ServiceList{},
+			name: "missing-nodes",
+			owningTopology: &clabernetesapisv1alpha1.Topology{
+				Spec: clabernetesapisv1alpha1.TopologySpec{
+					Expose: clabernetesapisv1alpha1.Expose{
+						EnableNodeAliasService: true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			ownedServices: &k8scorev1.ServiceList{},
 			clabernetesConfigs: map[string]*clabernetesutilcontainerlab.Config{
 				"node1": nil,
 				"node2": nil,
diff --git a/e2e/clabverter/test-fixtures/e2e-clabverter-basic-fpvbjkxl-ns.yaml b/e2e/clabverter/test-fixtures/e2e-clabverter-basic-fpvbjkxl-ns.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..59166925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/clabverter/test-fixtures/e2e-clabverter-basic-fpvbjkxl-ns.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+    name: e2e-clabverter-basic-fpvbjkxl
diff --git a/e2e/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/10-topology.clabverter-basic.yaml b/e2e/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/10-topology.clabverter-basic.yaml
index 812e7637..338cd70f 100755
--- a/e2e/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/10-topology.clabverter-basic.yaml
+++ b/e2e/clabverter/test-fixtures/golden/10-topology.clabverter-basic.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ spec:
   expose:
     disableAutoExpose: false
     disableExpose: false
-    disableNodeAliasService: false
   imagePull: {}
 status:
   configs:
diff --git a/e2e/topology/basic/test-fixtures/golden/10-topology.topology-basic.yaml b/e2e/topology/basic/test-fixtures/golden/10-topology.topology-basic.yaml
index e7fa4a01..0326dbba 100755
--- a/e2e/topology/basic/test-fixtures/golden/10-topology.topology-basic.yaml
+++ b/e2e/topology/basic/test-fixtures/golden/10-topology.topology-basic.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ spec:
   expose:
     disableAutoExpose: false
     disableExpose: false
-    disableNodeAliasService: false
   imagePull: {}
 status:
   configs: