diff --git a/pkg/controllers/apps/sidekick_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/apps/sidekick_controller.go
index 3a091cf5..f24ad7ec 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/apps/sidekick_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/apps/sidekick_controller.go
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ package apps
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	appsv1alpha1 "kubeops.dev/sidekick/apis/apps/v1alpha1"
 
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ type SidekickReconciler struct {
 // For more details, check Reconcile and its Result here:
 // - https://pkg.go.dev/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.13.0/pkg/reconcile
 func (r *SidekickReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+
+	fmt.Println("reconlice called with -------------->", req.NamespacedName)
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx, "sidekick", req.Name, "ns", req.Namespace)
 	ctx = log.IntoContext(ctx, logger)
 
@@ -86,16 +90,28 @@ func (r *SidekickReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 		var pod corev1.Pod
 		e2 := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, &pod)
 		if e2 == nil {
-			r.Delete(ctx, &pod) // TODO
+			err := r.Delete(ctx, &pod)
+			klog.Error(err)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ctrl.Result{}, err
+			}
 
 			sidekick.Status.Leader.Name = ""
 			sidekick.Status.Pod = ""
 			sidekick.Status.Phase = "Current"
 			sidekick.Status.ObservedGeneration = sidekick.GetGeneration()
-			r.Status().Update(ctx, &sidekick) // TODO
-			return ctrl.Result{}, nil         // client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
+			err = r.Status().Update(ctx, &sidekick)
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.Error(err)
+				return ctrl.Result{}, err
+			} // TODO
+			return ctrl.Result{}, nil // client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 		} else if err != nil {
-			return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
+			klog.Error(err)
+			return ctrl.Result{
+				Requeue:      true,
+				RequeueAfter: time.Second * 10,
+			}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 		}
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
@@ -112,22 +128,31 @@ func (r *SidekickReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 		if expectedHash != actualHash ||
 			leader.Name != pod.Annotations[keyLeader] ||
 			leader.Spec.NodeName != pod.Spec.NodeName {
-			r.Delete(ctx, &pod) // TODO
+			err := r.Delete(ctx, &pod)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ctrl.Result{}, err
+			} // TODO
 
 			sidekick.Status.Leader.Name = ""
 			sidekick.Status.Pod = ""
 			sidekick.Status.Phase = "Current"
 			sidekick.Status.ObservedGeneration = sidekick.GetGeneration()
-			r.Status().Update(ctx, &sidekick) // TODO
-			return ctrl.Result{}, nil         // client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
+			err = r.Status().Update(ctx, &sidekick)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ctrl.Result{}, err
+			} // TODO
+			return ctrl.Result{}, nil // client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 		}
 
 		// sidekick.Status.Leader.Name = ""
 		sidekick.Status.Pod = pod.Status.Phase
 		sidekick.Status.Phase = "Current"
 		sidekick.Status.ObservedGeneration = sidekick.GetGeneration()
-		r.Status().Update(ctx, &sidekick) // TODO
-		return ctrl.Result{}, nil         // client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
+		err := r.Status().Update(ctx, &sidekick)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		} // TODO
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil // client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	} else if !errors.IsNotFound(e2) {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, e2
 	}
@@ -214,8 +239,12 @@ func (r *SidekickReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 	sidekick.Status.Pod = pod.Status.Phase
 	sidekick.Status.Phase = "Current"
 	sidekick.Status.ObservedGeneration = sidekick.GetGeneration()
-	r.Status().Update(ctx, &sidekick) // TODO
-	return ctrl.Result{}, nil         // client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
+	err = r.Status().Update(ctx, &sidekick)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	} // TODO
+	klog.Info("comes here after reconcile")
+	return ctrl.Result{}, nil // client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 }
 
 func convContainer(leader *corev1.Pod, c appsv1alpha1.Container) (*corev1.Container, error) {
@@ -364,6 +393,7 @@ func (r *SidekickReconciler) getLeader(ctx context.Context, sidekick appsv1alpha
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
 func (r *SidekickReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
+	fmt.Println("------------------------------->setup with manager called---------------------> ")
 	leaderHandler := handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(func(a client.Object) []reconcile.Request {
 		sidekicks := &appsv1alpha1.SidekickList{}
 		if err := r.List(context.Background(), sidekicks, client.InNamespace(a.GetNamespace())); err != nil {