diff --git a/operators/nephio-controller-manager/main.go b/operators/nephio-controller-manager/main.go
index 2b4664f3..7a3c7bd4 100644
--- a/operators/nephio-controller-manager/main.go
+++ b/operators/nephio-controller-manager/main.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/klogr"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ import (
 
 	//_ "github.com/nephio-project/nephio/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/ipam-specializer"
 	_ "github.com/nephio-project/nephio/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/repository"
+	_ "github.com/nephio-project/nephio/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap"
 	_ "github.com/nephio-project/nephio/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/token"
-  _ "github.com/nephio-project/nephio/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/spire-bootstrap"
 	//_ "github.com/nephio-project/nephio/controllers/pkg/reconcilers/vlan-specializer"
 )
 
@@ -109,6 +110,13 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	err = v1beta1.AddMetaToScheme(scheme)
+	if err != nil {
+		setupLog.Error(err, "cannot initializer schema with Cluster API(s)")
+		//	klog.Errorf("error initializing scheme with Porch APIs: %s", err.Error())
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	managerOptions := ctrl.Options{
 		Scheme:                     scheme,
 		MetricsBindAddress:         metricsAddr,