diff --git a/controllers/cosmosfullnode_controller.go b/controllers/cosmosfullnode_controller.go
index ffe022b1..4c85e526 100644
--- a/controllers/cosmosfullnode_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/cosmosfullnode_controller.go
@@ -226,24 +226,7 @@ func (r *CosmosFullNodeReconciler) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, crd *cosmos
 		status.Phase = crd.Status.Phase
 		status.StatusMessage = crd.Status.StatusMessage
 		status.Peers = crd.Status.Peers
-		if len(status.SyncInfo.Pods) != len(consensus.Pods) {
-			status.SyncInfo = &consensus
-		} else {
-			for i := range consensus.Pods {
-				if consensus.Pods[i].Height != nil {
-					status.SyncInfo.Pods[i].Height = consensus.Pods[i].Height
-				}
-				if consensus.Pods[i].InSync != nil {
-					status.SyncInfo.Pods[i].InSync = consensus.Pods[i].InSync
-				}
-				if consensus.Pods[i].Error != nil {
-					status.SyncInfo.Pods[i].Error = consensus.Pods[i].Error
-				}
-				if !consensus.Pods[i].Timestamp.IsZero() {
-					status.SyncInfo.Pods[i].Timestamp = consensus.Pods[i].Timestamp
-				}
-			}
-		}
+		status.SyncInfo = &consensus
 	}); err != nil {
 		log.FromContext(ctx).Error(err, "Failed to patch status")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/fullnode/build_pods.go b/internal/fullnode/build_pods.go
index 21f63f83..0c113893 100644
--- a/internal/fullnode/build_pods.go
+++ b/internal/fullnode/build_pods.go
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
-const configChecksumAnnotation = "cosmos.strange.love/config-checksum"
+const (
+	configChecksumAnnotation = "cosmos.strange.love/config-checksum"
+	desiredImageAnnotation   = "cosmos.strange.love/desired-image"
+)
 
 // BuildPods creates the final state of pods given the crd.
 func BuildPods(crd *cosmosv1.CosmosFullNode, cksums ConfigChecksums) ([]diff.Resource[*corev1.Pod], error) {
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ func BuildPods(crd *cosmosv1.CosmosFullNode, cksums ConfigChecksums) ([]diff.Res
 				setMainContainerImage(pod, o.Image)
 			}
 		}
+		pod.Annotations[desiredImageAnnotation] = pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image
 		pod.Annotations[configChecksumAnnotation] = cksums[client.ObjectKeyFromObject(pod)]
 		pods = append(pods, diff.Adapt(pod, i))
 	}