diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aadde2d..3d083ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hoprd_operator"
-version = "0.2.11"
+version = "0.2.12"
 dependencies = [
  "async-recursion",
  "base64 0.22.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fe896eb..1deb112 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hoprd_operator"
-version = "0.2.11"
+version = "0.2.12"
 authors = ["HOPR Association <tech@hoprnet.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_resource.rs b/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_resource.rs
index 10d3848..75e18f8 100644
--- a/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_resource.rs
+++ b/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_resource.rs
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ impl IdentityPool {
             if status.phase.eq(&IdentityPoolPhaseEnum::Ready) {
                 if self.annotations().contains_key(constants::ANNOTATION_LAST_CONFIGURATION) {
                     let previous_text: String = self.annotations().get_key_value(constants::ANNOTATION_LAST_CONFIGURATION).unwrap().1.parse().unwrap();
-                    match serde_json::from_str::<IdentityPoolSpec>(&previous_text) {
+                    match serde_json::from_str::<IdentityPool>(&previous_text) {
                         Ok(previous_identity_pool) => {
                             self.apply_modification(context_data, &previous_identity_pool).await?;
                         },
-                        Err(_err) => {
-                            error!("Could not parse the last applied configuration from {identity_pool_name}.");
+                        Err(err) => {
+                            error!("Could not parse the last applied configuration from {identity_pool_name}: {}", err);
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ impl IdentityPool {
         Ok(Action::requeue(Duration::from_secs(constants::RECONCILE_SHORT_FREQUENCY)))
     }
 
-    async fn apply_modification(&mut self, context_data: Arc<ContextData>, previous_identity_pool: &IdentityPoolSpec) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    async fn apply_modification(&mut self, context_data: Arc<ContextData>, previous_identity_pool: &IdentityPool) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let client: Client = context_data.client.clone();
         let identity_pool_namespace: String = self.namespace().unwrap();
         let identity_pool_name: String = self.name_any();
-        if self.changed_inmutable_fields(&previous_identity_pool) {
+        if self.changed_inmutable_fields(&previous_identity_pool.spec) {
             context_data.send_event(self,IdentityPoolEventEnum::Failed,None).await;
             self.update_status(client.clone(), IdentityPoolPhaseEnum::Failed).await?;
         } else {
diff --git a/test-data/sample_config-staging.yaml b/test-data/sample_config-staging.yaml
index acdc220..567349f 100644
--- a/test-data/sample_config-staging.yaml
+++ b/test-data/sample_config-staging.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 instance:
-  name: "hoprd-operator"
-  namespace: "hoprd-operator"
+  name: hoprd-operator
+  namespace: hoprd-operator
 ingress:
-  ingress_class_name: "nginx"
+  ingress_class_name: nginx
   dns_domain: staging.hoprnet.link
   loadbalancer_ip: 34.159.20.69
   annotations:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ingress:
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout: "3600"
   namespace: ingress-nginx
   p2p_port_min: "9000"
-  p2p_port_max: "9001"
+  p2p_port_max: "9010"
   deployment_name: ingress-nginx-controller
 hopli_image: europe-west3-docker.pkg.dev/hoprassociation/docker-images/hopli:2.1.0-rc.3
 persistence: