diff --git a/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap/reconciler.go b/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap/reconciler.go
index ab868c1e..d38acc3f 100644
--- a/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap/reconciler.go
+++ b/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap/reconciler.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nephio-project/nephio/controllers/pkg/cluster"
@@ -32,8 +33,9 @@ func init() {
 
 const (
 	clusterNameKey     = "nephio.org/cluster-name"
+	nephioAppKey       = "nephio.org/app"
 	remoteNamespaceKey = "nephio.org/remote-namespace"
-  syncApp            = "tobeinstalledonremotecluster"
+	syncApp            = "tobeinstalledonremotecluster"
 	bootstrapApp       = "bootstrap"
 )
 
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ func (r *reconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Resu
 		return reconcile.Result{}, nil
 	}
 
-		if cr.GetAnnotations()[nephioAppKey] == syncApp &&
+	if cr.GetAnnotations()[nephioAppKey] == syncApp &&
 		cr.GetAnnotations()[clusterNameKey] != "" &&
 		cr.GetAnnotations()[clusterNameKey] != "mgmt" {
 		log.Info("reconcile secret")