diff --git a/cmd/epp/main.go b/cmd/epp/main.go
index b5e6fbe6b..c0a87e62e 100644
--- a/cmd/epp/main.go
+++ b/cmd/epp/main.go
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ func run() error {
 	}
 
 	poolNamespacedName := types.NamespacedName{
-		Namespace: *poolNamespace,
 		Name:      *poolName,
+		Namespace: *poolNamespace,
 	}
 	mgr, err := runserver.NewDefaultManager(poolNamespacedName, cfg)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ func run() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ctx := ctrl.SetupSignalHandler()
-
 	// Set up mapper for metric scraping.
 	mapping, err := backendmetrics.NewMetricMapping(
 		*totalQueuedRequestsMetric,
@@ -167,14 +165,15 @@ func run() error {
 
 	pmf := backendmetrics.NewPodMetricsFactory(&backendmetrics.PodMetricsClientImpl{MetricMapping: mapping}, *refreshMetricsInterval)
 	// Setup runner.
+	ctx := ctrl.SetupSignalHandler()
+
 	datastore := datastore.NewDatastore(ctx, pmf)
 
 	serverRunner := &runserver.ExtProcServerRunner{
 		GrpcPort:                                 *grpcPort,
 		DestinationEndpointHintMetadataNamespace: *destinationEndpointHintMetadataNamespace,
 		DestinationEndpointHintKey:               *destinationEndpointHintKey,
-		PoolName:                                 *poolName,
-		PoolNamespace:                            *poolNamespace,
+		PoolNamespacedName:                       poolNamespacedName,
 		Datastore:                                datastore,
 		SecureServing:                            *secureServing,
 		CertPath:                                 *certPath,
diff --git a/pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go b/pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go
index d9a930277..7dc1a8b8b 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ func StartMetricsLogger(ctx context.Context, datastore Datastore, refreshPrometh
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Info("Shutting down prometheus metrics thread")
 				return
-			case <-ticker.C: // Periodically flush prometheus metrics for inference pool
-				flushPrometheusMetricsOnce(logger, datastore)
+			case <-ticker.C: // Periodically refresh prometheus metrics for inference pool
+				refreshPrometheusMetrics(logger, datastore)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ func StartMetricsLogger(ctx context.Context, datastore Datastore, refreshPrometh
 	}
 }
 
-func flushPrometheusMetricsOnce(logger logr.Logger, datastore Datastore) {
+func refreshPrometheusMetrics(logger logr.Logger, datastore Datastore) {
 	pool, err := datastore.PoolGet()
 	if err != nil {
 		// No inference pool or not initialize.
-		logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Info("pool is not initialized, skipping flushing metrics")
+		logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Info("Pool is not initialized, skipping refreshing metrics")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func flushPrometheusMetricsOnce(logger logr.Logger, datastore Datastore) {
 	var queueTotal int
 
 	podMetrics := datastore.PodGetAll()
-	logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE).Info("Flushing Prometheus Metrics", "ReadyPods", len(podMetrics))
+	logger.V(logutil.TRACE).Info("Refreshing Prometheus Metrics", "ReadyPods", len(podMetrics))
 	if len(podMetrics) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/epp/server/runserver.go b/pkg/epp/server/runserver.go
index 65a6e7879..0c0a6a6dc 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/server/runserver.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/server/runserver.go
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ type ExtProcServerRunner struct {
 	GrpcPort                                 int
 	DestinationEndpointHintMetadataNamespace string
 	DestinationEndpointHintKey               string
-	PoolName                                 string
-	PoolNamespace                            string
+	PoolNamespacedName                       types.NamespacedName
 	Datastore                                datastore.Datastore
 	SecureServing                            bool
 	CertPath                                 string
@@ -73,8 +72,7 @@ func NewDefaultExtProcServerRunner() *ExtProcServerRunner {
 		GrpcPort:                                 DefaultGrpcPort,
 		DestinationEndpointHintKey:               DefaultDestinationEndpointHintKey,
 		DestinationEndpointHintMetadataNamespace: DefaultDestinationEndpointHintMetadataNamespace,
-		PoolName:                                 DefaultPoolName,
-		PoolNamespace:                            DefaultPoolNamespace,
+		PoolNamespacedName:                       types.NamespacedName{Name: DefaultPoolName, Namespace: DefaultPoolNamespace},
 		SecureServing:                            DefaultSecureServing,
 		RefreshPrometheusMetricsInterval:         DefaultRefreshPrometheusMetricsInterval,
 		// Datastore can be assigned later.
@@ -93,13 +91,10 @@ func (r *ExtProcServerRunner) SetupWithManager(ctx context.Context, mgr ctrl.Man
 	}
 
 	if err := (&controller.InferenceModelReconciler{
-		Datastore: r.Datastore,
-		Client:    mgr.GetClient(),
-		PoolNamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-			Name:      r.PoolName,
-			Namespace: r.PoolNamespace,
-		},
-		Record: mgr.GetEventRecorderFor("InferenceModel"),
+		Datastore:          r.Datastore,
+		Client:             mgr.GetClient(),
+		PoolNamespacedName: r.PoolNamespacedName,
+		Record:             mgr.GetEventRecorderFor("InferenceModel"),
 	}).SetupWithManager(ctx, mgr); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed setting up InferenceModelReconciler: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/integration/epp/hermetic_test.go b/test/integration/epp/hermetic_test.go
index 372158f4b..79b619fd6 100644
--- a/test/integration/epp/hermetic_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/epp/hermetic_test.go
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ func BeforeSuite() func() {
 	serverRunner.TestPodMetricsClient = &backendmetrics.FakePodMetricsClient{}
 	pmf := backendmetrics.NewPodMetricsFactory(serverRunner.TestPodMetricsClient, 10*time.Millisecond)
 	// Adjust from defaults
-	serverRunner.PoolName = "vllm-llama3-8b-instruct-pool"
+	serverRunner.PoolNamespacedName = types.NamespacedName{Name: "vllm-llama3-8b-instruct-pool", Namespace: "default"}
 	serverRunner.Datastore = datastore.NewDatastore(context.Background(), pmf)
 	serverRunner.SecureServing = false