diff --git a/.cursor/.DS_Store b/.cursor/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0080afc6
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diff --git a/deploy/clowdapp.yaml b/deploy/clowdapp.yaml
index fd2f05017..0a161b60b 100644
--- a/deploy/clowdapp.yaml
+++ b/deploy/clowdapp.yaml
@@ -520,6 +520,19 @@ objects:
       name: patchman
       version: 16
 
+    # This section is needed to initialize the kafka topics in stage
+    kafkaTopics:
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 10, topicName: platform.inventory.events}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 10, topicName: platform.inventory.host-apps}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 10, topicName: patchman.evaluator.upload}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 10, topicName: patchman.evaluator.recalc}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 8, topicName: platform.payload-status}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 10, topicName: platform.remediation-updates.patch}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 10, topicName: platform.notifications.ingress}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 10, topicName: platform.content-sources.template}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 4, topicName: patchman.evaluator.user-evaluation}
+    - {replicas: 3, partitions: 64, topicName: patchman.advisory.update}
+
     dependencies:
     - host-inventory
     - rbac