diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84c3958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "env": {
+      "jest": true,
+      "commonjs": true,
+      "node": true,
+      "es2021": true
+    },
+    "extends": "eslint:recommended",
+    "parserOptions": {
+        "ecmaVersion": "latest"
+    },
+    "rules": {
+      "no-unused-vars": ["warn", { "argsIgnorePattern": "lazy" }],
+      "no-extra-semi": 1
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3960f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Lint
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, auto_merge_enabled]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: lint-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: npm i
+      - run: npm run lint
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ord.js b/lib/ord.js
index 41d29a7..c68e2a7 100644
--- a/lib/ord.js
+++ b/lib/ord.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require("path");
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 const { exists } = cds.utils;
 const defaults = require("./defaults");
 const {
@@ -22,9 +23,7 @@ const fInitializeGlobal = (csn) => {
     } else {
         throw new Error(`package.json not found in the project root directory`);
     }
-
-    const appName = packageJson.name.replace(/^[@]/, "").replace(/[@\/]/g, "-");;
-
+    const appName = packageJson.name.replace(/^[@]/, "").replace(/[@/]/g, "-");
     const aModelKeys = Object.keys(csn.definitions);
     const aEvents = [];
     const aServices = [];
@@ -166,10 +165,9 @@ const fGetEventResources = (csn, global,packageIds) => global.aEvents.map((srv)
 
 module.exports = (csn) => {
     const linkedCsn = cds.linked(csn);
-    global = fInitializeGlobal(linkedCsn);
-    const data = global.namespace;
-    const validateSystemNamespace = new RegExp("^" + global.applicationNamespace + "\.[^.]+\..+$");
-    if (data === undefined && !validateSystemNamespace.test(data)) {
+    Object.assign(global, fInitializeGlobal(linkedCsn));
+    const validateSystemNamespace = new RegExp(`^${global.applicationNamespace}\\.[^.]+\\..+$`);
+    if (global.namespace === undefined && !validateSystemNamespace.test(global.namespace)) {
         let error = new Error(`Namespace is not defined in cdsrc.json or it is not in the format of ${global.applicationNamespace}.<appName>.<service>`);
         console.error('Namespace error:', error.message);
         throw error;
diff --git a/lib/plugin.js b/lib/plugin.js
index 648bc54..4dd6fcf 100644
--- a/lib/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/plugin.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const { ord, getMetadata, defaults } = require("./");
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 
 cds.on("bootstrap", (app) => {
   app.use("/.well-known/open-resource-discovery", async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/lib/templates.js b/lib/templates.js
index 4e06a0a..95c8351 100644
--- a/lib/templates.js
+++ b/lib/templates.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const defaults = require("./defaults");
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 const fReplaceSpecialCharacters = (namespace) => {
   return namespace.replace(/customer\.(.+)/, (match, group1) => 'customer.' + group1.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, ''))
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e16ba03..3b4a788 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "npx eslint ."
   },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "eslint": "^8"
+  },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@sap/cds": ">=7.6",
     "@cap-js/asyncapi": "^1.0.0",