diff --git a/instrumentor/controllers/instrumentationdevice/collectorsgroup_controller.go b/instrumentor/controllers/instrumentationdevice/collectorsgroup_controller.go
index 952d5b763..ed0e81217 100644
--- a/instrumentor/controllers/instrumentationdevice/collectorsgroup_controller.go
+++ b/instrumentor/controllers/instrumentationdevice/collectorsgroup_controller.go
@@ -18,21 +18,28 @@ package instrumentationdevice
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 
 	odigosv1 "github.com/odigos-io/odigos/api/odigos/v1alpha1"
 
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 )
 
+// CollectorsGroupReconciler is responsible for reconciling the instrumented workloads
+// once the collectors group becomes ready - by adding the instrumentation device to the workloads.
+// This is necessary to ensure that we won't instrument any workload before the
+// node collectors are ready to receive the data.
 type CollectorsGroupReconciler struct {
 	client.Client
 	Scheme *runtime.Scheme
 }
 
 func (r *CollectorsGroupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
-
+	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
 	isDataCollectionReady := isDataCollectionReady(ctx, r.Client)
 
 	var instApps odigosv1.InstrumentedApplicationList
@@ -40,12 +47,29 @@ func (r *CollectorsGroupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
 
+	logger.V(0).Info("Reconciling instrumented applications after node collectors group became ready", "count", len(instApps.Items))
+
+	var reconcileErr error
+
 	for _, runtimeDetails := range instApps.Items {
-		err := reconcileSingleWorkload(ctx, r.Client, &runtimeDetails, isDataCollectionReady)
+		var currentInstApp odigosv1.InstrumentedApplication
+		err := r.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: runtimeDetails.Namespace, Name: runtimeDetails.Name}, &currentInstApp)
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			// the loop can take time, so the instrumented application might get deleted
+			// in the meantime, so we ignore the error
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			reconcileErr = errors.Join(reconcileErr, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		err = reconcileSingleWorkload(ctx, r.Client, &currentInstApp, isDataCollectionReady)
 		if err != nil {
-			return ctrl.Result{}, err
+			reconcileErr = errors.Join(reconcileErr, err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	return ctrl.Result{}, reconcileErr
 }
diff --git a/instrumentor/controllers/instrumentationdevice/manager.go b/instrumentor/controllers/instrumentationdevice/manager.go
index fc818a838..ac57a3798 100644
--- a/instrumentor/controllers/instrumentationdevice/manager.go
+++ b/instrumentor/controllers/instrumentationdevice/manager.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 		ControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		Named("instrumentationdevice-collectorsgroup").
 		For(&odigosv1.CollectorsGroup{}).
+		WithEventFilter(predicate.And(&odigospredicate.OdigosCollectorsGroupNodePredicate, &odigospredicate.CgBecomesReadyPredicate{})).
 		Complete(&CollectorsGroupReconciler{
 			Client: mgr.GetClient(),
 			Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
diff --git a/k8sutils/pkg/predicate/cgbecomesready.go b/k8sutils/pkg/predicate/cgbecomesready.go
index ce978bda7..89c762a13 100644
--- a/k8sutils/pkg/predicate/cgbecomesready.go
+++ b/k8sutils/pkg/predicate/cgbecomesready.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 // this event filter will only trigger reconciliation when the collectors group was not ready and now it is ready.
 // some controllers in odigos reacts to this specific event, and should not be triggered by other events such as spec updates or status conditions changes.
+// for create events, it will only trigger reconciliation if the collectors group is ready.
 type CgBecomesReadyPredicate struct{}
 
 func (i *CgBecomesReadyPredicate) Create(e event.CreateEvent) bool {