diff --git a/internal/myks/sync.go b/internal/myks/sync.go
index e1d4159e..97696d45 100644
--- a/internal/myks/sync.go
+++ b/internal/myks/sync.go
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ func (a *Application) doSync(vendirSecrets string) error {
 	vendirConfigFileRelativePath := filepath.Join("..", a.e.g.ServiceDirName, a.e.g.VendirConfigFileName)
 	vendirLockFileRelativePath := filepath.Join("..", a.e.g.ServiceDirName, a.e.g.VendirLockFileName)
 	vendirConfigFilePath := a.expandServicePath(a.e.g.VendirConfigFileName)
-	vendirLockFilePath := a.expandServicePath(a.e.g.VendirLockFileName)
 	vendirSyncFilePath := a.expandServicePath(a.e.g.VendirSyncFileName)
 	vendorDir := a.expandPath(a.e.g.VendorDirName)
 
@@ -99,49 +98,31 @@ func (a *Application) doSync(vendirSecrets string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// having hashes here is actually not necessary, since we only need the paths, but it's easier to just reuse the function
-	lockFileDirHashes, err := readLockFileDirHashes(vendirLockFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error().Err(err).Msg(a.Msg(syncStepName, "Unable to read Vendir Lock file: "+vendirLockFilePath))
-		return err
-	}
-
-	exist, err := isExist(vendorDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error().Err(err).Msg(a.Msg(syncStepName, "Unable to check if vendor dir exists"))
-		return err
+	// remove old content of vendor directory, since there might be leftovers in case of path changes
+	if !a.useCache && isExistsSloppy(vendorDir) {
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(vendorDir); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := createDirectory(vendorDir); err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg(a.Msg(syncStepName, "Unable to create vendor dir: "+vendorDir))
+			return err
+		}
 	}
-
 	// TODO sync retry
 	// only sync vendir with directory flag, if the lock file matches the vendir config file and caching is enabled
-	if exist && a.useCache && checkLockFileMatch(vendirDirHashes, lockFileDirHashes) {
-		for dir, hash := range vendirDirHashes {
+	for dir, hash := range vendirDirHashes {
+		if isExistsSloppy(filepath.Join(vendorDir, dir)) && a.useCache {
 			if checkVersionMatch(dir, hash, syncFileDirHashes) {
 				log.Info().Str("vendir dir", dir).Msg(a.Msg(syncStepName, "Resource already synced"))
 				continue
 			}
-			if err := a.runVendirSync(vendorDir, vendirConfigFileRelativePath, vendirLockFileRelativePath, vendirSecrets, dir); err != nil {
-				log.Error().Err(err).Msg(a.Msg(syncStepName, "Vendir sync failed"))
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		// remove old content of vendor directory, since there might be leftovers in case of path changes
-		if err := os.RemoveAll(vendorDir); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := createDirectory(vendorDir); err != nil {
-			log.Error().Err(err).Msg(a.Msg(syncStepName, "Unable to create vendor dir: "+vendorDir))
-			return err
 		}
-
-		if err := a.runVendirSync(vendorDir, vendirConfigFileRelativePath, vendirLockFileRelativePath, vendirSecrets, ""); err != nil {
+		if err := a.runVendirSync(vendorDir, vendirConfigFileRelativePath, vendirLockFileRelativePath, vendirSecrets, dir); err != nil {
 			log.Error().Err(err).Msg(a.Msg(syncStepName, "Vendir sync failed"))
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-
+	// rewrite sync file
 	err = writeSyncFile(a.expandServicePath(a.e.g.VendirSyncFileName), vendirDirHashes)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg(a.Msg(syncStepName, "Unable to write sync file"))
diff --git a/internal/myks/util.go b/internal/myks/util.go
index 1ab21c5d..9c18d2a7 100644
--- a/internal/myks/util.go
+++ b/internal/myks/util.go
@@ -321,6 +321,15 @@ func isExist(path string) (bool, error) {
 	return false, err
 }
 
+func isExistsSloppy(path string) bool {
+	exists, err := isExist(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Unable to check if file exists")
+		return false
+	}
+	return exists
+}
+
 func collectBySubpath(rootDir string, targetDir string, subpath string) []string {
 	items := []string{}
 	currentPath := rootDir