diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index befc707..0dfb002 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ARCH ?= amd64
 OS ?= $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 K8S_LATEST_VER ?= $(shell curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)
 export CONTROLLER_IMG ?= $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
-TAG ?= main
+TAG ?= dev
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
diff --git a/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
index bba12dc..46ae11e 100644
--- a/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       # Change the value of image field below to your controller image URL
-      - image: projectsveltos/sveltoscluster-manager:main
+      - image: projectsveltos/sveltoscluster-manager:dev
         name: manager
diff --git a/controllers/sveltoscluster_controller.go b/controllers/sveltoscluster_controller.go
index 6c73d33..3e9f7e2 100644
--- a/controllers/sveltoscluster_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/sveltoscluster_controller.go
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ func (r *SveltosClusterReconciler) reconcileNormal(
 	if err := clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(s); err != nil {
 		errorMessage := err.Error()
 		logger.V(logs.LogInfo).Info(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get scheme: %v", err))
-		sveltosClusterScope.SveltosCluster.Status.Ready = false
 		sveltosClusterScope.SveltosCluster.Status.FailureMessage = &errorMessage
 		return
 	}
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ func (r *SveltosClusterReconciler) reconcileNormal(
 	if err != nil {
 		errorMessage := err.Error()
 		logger.V(logs.LogInfo).Info(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get client: %v", err))
-		sveltosClusterScope.SveltosCluster.Status.Ready = false
 		sveltosClusterScope.SveltosCluster.Status.FailureMessage = &errorMessage
 		return
 	}
@@ -166,7 +164,6 @@ func (r *SveltosClusterReconciler) reconcileNormal(
 	if err != nil {
 		errorMessage := err.Error()
 		logger.V(logs.LogInfo).Info(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get client: %v", err))
-		sveltosClusterScope.SveltosCluster.Status.Ready = false
 		sveltosClusterScope.SveltosCluster.Status.FailureMessage = &errorMessage
 		return
 	}
@@ -180,7 +177,6 @@ func (r *SveltosClusterReconciler) reconcileNormal(
 	if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 		errorMessage := err.Error()
 		logger.V(logs.LogInfo).Info(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get projectsveltos namespace: %v", err))
-		sveltosClusterScope.SveltosCluster.Status.Ready = false
 		sveltosClusterScope.SveltosCluster.Status.FailureMessage = &errorMessage
 	} else {
 		currentVersion, err := utils.GetKubernetesVersion(ctx, config, logger)
diff --git a/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml b/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml
index a9eb6f1..69475db 100644
--- a/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml
+++ b/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
         - --v=5
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: projectsveltos/sveltoscluster-manager:main
+        image: projectsveltos/sveltoscluster-manager:dev
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.yaml b/manifest/manifest.yaml
index 778cbc4..353a16b 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest/manifest.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ spec:
         - --v=5
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: projectsveltos/sveltoscluster-manager:main
+        image: projectsveltos/sveltoscluster-manager:dev
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet: