diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7fc24e4..f0e3ded 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,35 @@ permissions:
   pull-requests: read
 
 jobs:
-  test-pr-ci:
+  set-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0 
+    outputs:
+      semVer: ${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.semVer }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: set safe path
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+      - name: Install GitVersion
+        uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/setup@v1
+        with:
+          versionSpec: '5.x'
+      - name: Set SemVer Version
+        uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/execute@v1
+        id: gitversion
+  
+  pr-steps:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       SEMVER: ${{ needs.set-version.outputs.semVer }}
       GIT_TAG: ${{ needs.set-version.outputs.semVer }}
       GOVCS: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
       - name: git prep
@@ -25,13 +46,18 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name ${{ github.actor }}
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19.x'
+          go-version: '1.22.x'
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.37.0
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: make test 
         run: |
-          export DOCKER_HOST=unix:///var/run/docker.sock
-          make REVISION=$GITHUB_SHA test
+          task test-seeder 
       - name: Publish Junit style Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v3
+        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
         if: always()
         with:
           report_paths: '**/.coverage/report-junit.xml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 85d45cd..fff2e93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,43 +12,48 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       semVer: ${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.semVer }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: install deps
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
       - name: Install GitVersion
-        uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/setup@v0.9.15
+        uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/setup@v1
         with:
           versionSpec: '5.x'
       - name: Set SemVer Version
-        uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/execute@v0.9.15
+        uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/execute@v1
         id: gitversion
 
-      - name: echo VERSIONS
-        run: | 
-          echo "REVISION  -> $GITHUB_SHA"
-          echo "VERSION -> $GITVERSION_SEMVER"
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: golang:1.19-bullseye
+      image: golang:1.22-bullseye
     needs: set-version
     env:
       SEMVER: ${{ needs.set-version.outputs.semVer }}
       GIT_TAG: ${{ needs.set-version.outputs.semVer }}
       GOVCS: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
       - name: install deps
         run: |
-          apt update && apt install -y jq git
           git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
           git config user.email ${{ github.actor }}-ci@gha.org
           git config user.name ${{ github.actor }}
-      - name: make test 
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.37.0
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Run tests pre-release
         run: |
-          make REVISION=$GITHUB_SHA test
+          task test-seeder 
+
       - name: Publish Junit style Test Report
         uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v3
         if: always() # always run even if the previous step fails
@@ -71,54 +76,59 @@ jobs:
     name: tag repo and publish binary
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: golang:1.19-bullseye
+      image: golang:1.22-bullseye
     needs: 
       - set-version
       - test
     env:
       SEMVER: ${{ needs.set-version.outputs.semVer }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.37.0
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: generate binaries
         run: |
           git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
           git config user.email ${{ github.actor }}-ci@gha.org
           git config user.name ${{ github.actor }}
-          make GIT_TAG=$SEMVER REVISION=${{ github.sha }} PAT=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} build_ci
-      - name: release library
-        run: |
-          make GIT_TAG=$SEMVER REVISION=${{ github.sha }} tag
+          task build-seeder GIT_TAG=$SEMVER REVISION=${{ github.sha }} PAT=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # - name: release library
+      #   run: |
+      #     make GIT_TAG=$SEMVER REVISION=${{ github.sha }} tag
       - name: release cli 
         run: |
-          make GIT_TAG=$SEMVER REVISION=${{ github.sha }} PAT=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} release
-  publish-docker-image:
-    name: build docker image and push to gchr
-    # run only when code is compiling and tests are passing
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # steps to perform in job
-    needs: 
-      - set-version
-      - test
-    env:
-      SEMVER: ${{ needs.set-version.outputs.semVer }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      # setup Docker buld action
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+          task publish-seeder PAT=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} GIT_TAG=$SEMVER
+  # publish-docker-image:
+  #   name: build docker image and push to gchr
+  #   # run only when code is compiling and tests are passing
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   # steps to perform in job
+  #   needs: 
+  #     - set-version
+  #     - test
+  #   env:
+  #     SEMVER: ${{ needs.set-version.outputs.semVer }}
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Checkout code
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  #     # setup Docker buld action
+  #     - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+  #       id: buildx
+  #       uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
 
-      - name: Login to Github Packages
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #     - name: Login to Github Packages
+  #       uses: docker/login-action@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         registry: ghcr.io
+  #         username: ${{ github.actor }}
+  #         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: docker push controller
-        run: |
-          echo "SemVer: $SEMVER"
-          make GIT_TAG=$SEMVER REVISION=${{ github.sha }} docker_release
+  #     - name: docker push controller
+  #       run: |
+  #         echo "SemVer: $SEMVER"
+  #         make GIT_TAG=$SEMVER REVISION=${{ github.sha }} docker_release
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5fe0e3b..07f59e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ vendor/
 
 # MISC
 .ignore*
+local/
 
 # generated
 # **/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -32,3 +33,4 @@ vendor/
 
 .DS_Store
 **/.coverage
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6505458..1f9e421 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ build_controller:
 	echo "build controller"
 	cd controller && make OWNER=$(OWNER) NAME=$(NAME) VERSION=$(VERSION) REVISION=$(REVISION) build
 
-build: build_seeder build_apis build_controller
+build: build_seeder # build_apis build_controller
 
 build_ci: 
 	echo "build seeder first as it contains nested types for APIs" && cd seeder && make OWNER=$(OWNER) NAME=$(NAME) VERSION=$(VERSION) REVISION=$(REVISION) build_ci
diff --git a/controller/go.mod b/controller/go.mod
index 3d6fc55..a548f6e 100644
--- a/controller/go.mod
+++ b/controller/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/controller
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/apis v0.9.2-0.20230213152010-dac2bf42c37f
@@ -21,14 +21,9 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1 // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zerologr v1.2.3 // indirect
-	github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.24.2 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.4 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
@@ -133,6 +128,5 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230123231816-1cb3ae25d79a // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230115233650-391b47cb4029 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.17.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/controller/go.sum b/controller/go.sum
index 482ad6d..f17cf5c 100644
--- a/controller/go.sum
+++ b/controller/go.sum
@@ -23,13 +23,9 @@ github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/keyvault/internal v0.7.1/go.mod h1:9V2j0jn
 github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v0.8.1 h1:oPdPEZFSbl7oSPEAIPMPBMUmiL+mqgzBJwM/9qYcwNg=
 github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v0.8.1/go.mod h1:4qFor3D/HDsvBME35Xy9rwW9DecL+M2sNw1ybjPtwA0=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0 h1:dtDWrepsVPfW9H/4y7dDgFc2MBUSeJhlaDtK13CxFlU=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/a8m/envsubst v1.3.1-0.20221106143949-dffd7176fbc4 h1:DfG4MaBOFewu1eLUkK9mPS93CTsxrd3Y78mab9NjWfk=
 github.com/a8m/envsubst v1.3.1-0.20221106143949-dffd7176fbc4/go.mod h1:MVUTQNGQ3tsjOOtKCNd+fl8RzhsXcDvvAEzkhGtlsbY=
-github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1 h1:V7yhSDDn8LP4lc4jS8pFkt0zCnzVJlG5JXy9BVKJUX0=
-github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1/go.mod h1:PZAiSCk0LJaZkiCSkPv8qIobYglO3FPpyFjDCtHLS30=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.30.27/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
@@ -75,7 +71,6 @@ github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGX
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210312221358-fbca930ec8ed/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.3-0.20220203105225-a9a7ef127534/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -101,8 +96,6 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.9-0.20210512163311-63b5d3c536b0/go.m
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible h1:jBYDEEiFBPxA0v50tFdvOzQQTCvpL6mnFh5mB2/l16U=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 h1:b91NhWfaz02IuVxO9faSllyAtNXHMPkC5J8sJCLunww=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2VvlbKOFpnXhI9Bw4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.14.1 h1:qfhVLaG5s+nCROl1zJsZRxFeYrHLqWroPOQ8BWiNb4w=
@@ -164,8 +157,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 h1:xRy4A+RhZaiKjJ1bPfwQ8sedCA+YS2YcCHW6ec7JMi0=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
-github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2 h1:SJ+NtwL6QaZ21U+IrK7d0gGgpjGGvd2kz+FzTHVzdqI=
-github.com/google/safetext v0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2/go.mod h1:Tv1PlzqC9t8wNnpPdctvtSUOPUUg4SHeE6vR1Ir2hmg=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
@@ -213,11 +204,9 @@ github.com/hashicorp/vault/api/auth/aws v0.4.0 h1:2Myo+XU3X5gQTtr3S+WGXcrLUa6iO4
 github.com/hashicorp/vault/api/auth/aws v0.4.0/go.mod h1:CGm5PAXEREuYpszyA2ERQPFBSIUD+QTqXfKvdI2Gw/Q=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 h1:lFzP57bqS/wsqKssCGmtLAb8A0wKjLGrve2q3PPVcBk=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13/go.mod h1:4lJ1jqUDcsbIECGy0RUJAXNIhg+6ocWgb1ALK2O4oXg=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
-github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
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 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
@@ -271,16 +260,12 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9G
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
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-github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.6.1 h1:1xQPCjcqYw/J5LchOcp4/2q/jzJFjiAOc25chhnDw+Q=
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-github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.4 h1:tjENF6MfZAg8e4ZmZTeWaWiT2vXtsoO6+iuOjFhECwM=
-github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.4/go.mod h1:u1nR/EPcESfeI/szUZKdtJ0xRNbUoANCkoOuaOx1Y+c=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210911075715-681adbf594b8 h1:KoWmjvw+nsYOo29YJK9vDA65RGE3NrOnUtO7a+RF9HU=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210911075715-681adbf594b8/go.mod h1:HKlIX3XHQyzLZPlr7++PzdhaXEj94dEiJgZDTsxEqUI=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
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 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -298,7 +283,6 @@ github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFo
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0 h1:iQh3xXAumdQ+4Ufa5b25cRpC5TYKlno6hsv6Cb3pkBk=
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-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Wo4iy3BUC+X2Fybo0PDqwJIv3dNRiZLHQymsfxlB84g=
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@@ -472,7 +456,6 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqw
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@@ -509,8 +492,6 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230115233650-391b47cb4029 h1:L8zDtT4jrxj+TaQYD0k8KNlr556Wa
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diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 4445699..93ec710 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.19
+go 1.22
 
 use (
 	./apis
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index aa6d307..65a646e 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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-cloud.google.com/go v0.107.0/go.mod h1:wpc2eNrD7hXUTy8EKS10jkxpZBjASrORK7goS+3YX2I=
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@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ cloud.google.com/go/kms v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Jjy850yySiasBUDi6KFUwUv2n1+o7QZFyuUJg6O
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-cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.3.0/go.mod h1:qth9Y41RRSUE69rDcOn6DdK3HfQfsUI0YSmW3iIlLJc=
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@@ -133,13 +131,20 @@ github.com/AlekSi/gocov-xml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:g1dRVOCHjKkMtlPfW6BokJ/qxoeZ1uPNAK7
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@@ -151,7 +156,6 @@ github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1/go.mod h1:4T9NM4+4Vw91
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@@ -169,12 +173,12 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190321100706-95778dfbb74e/go.mod h1:F5haX7
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@@ -187,8 +191,10 @@ github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.3/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSw
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@@ -199,22 +205,26 @@ github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0/go.mod h1:fyg78
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@@ -391,7 +424,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220610221304-9f5ed59c137d/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
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@@ -438,14 +470,15 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0/go.mod h1:wgNDFcnuBGmxLKI/qn4T+m5BtEBYXJPvibbUPsA
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@@ -455,3 +488,4 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/
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diff --git a/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/rest.go b/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/rest.go
index 489bb71..5972432 100644
--- a/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/rest.go
+++ b/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/rest.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	Version                     string = "0.0.1"
+	Revision                    string = "1111aaaa"
 	masterURL                   string
 	kubeconfig                  string
 	rsyncperiod                 int
@@ -24,15 +26,16 @@ var (
 	configManagerKeySeparator   string
 	probeAddr                   string
 
-	controllerCmd = &cobra.Command{
-		Short: fmt.Sprintf("%s starts the controller", "reststrategy-controller"),
-		Long:  fmt.Sprintf(`%s CLI provides an idempotent rest caller for seeding configuration or data in a repeatable manner`, "reststrategy-controller"),
-		Run:   controllerRun,
+	ControllerCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Short:   fmt.Sprintf("%s starts the controller", "reststrategy-controller"),
+		Long:    fmt.Sprintf(`%s CLI provides an idempotent rest caller for seeding configuration or data in a repeatable manner`, "reststrategy-controller"),
+		Run:     controllerRun,
+		Version: fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", Version, Revision),
 	}
 )
 
 func Execute() {
-	if err := controllerCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+	if err := ControllerCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Errorf("cli error: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -40,23 +43,29 @@ func Execute() {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", "", "Path to a kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&masterURL, "master", "m", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server. Overrides any value in kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&namespace, "namespace", "n", "", "Only process RestStrategy in this namespace. Overrides using the controllers own namespace")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&logLevel, "loglevel", "l", "error", "The severity threshold for emitting log events")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&rsyncperiod, "rsync", "r", 12, "Period for resyncing the resources periodically even if there are no changes. Value is in minutes.")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", "x", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", "y", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", "z", false, "Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", "", "Path to a kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&masterURL, "master", "m", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server. Overrides any value in kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&namespace, "namespace", "n", "", "Only process RestStrategy in this namespace. Overrides using the controllers own namespace")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&logLevel, "loglevel", "l", "error", "The severity threshold for emitting log events")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&rsyncperiod, "rsync", "r", 12, "Period for resyncing the resources periodically even if there are no changes. Value is in minutes.")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", "x", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", "y", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", "z", false, "Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
 		"Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&enableConfigManager, "configmanager", "c", false, "Enable configmanager on resources handling via the restseeder.")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configManagerKeySeparator, "configmanager-key-separator", "", "|", "If configmanager is enabled - this key separator will be used.")
-	controllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configManagerTokenSeparator, "configmanager-token-separator", "t", "://", "If configmanager is enabled - this key separator will be used.")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&enableConfigManager, "configmanager", "c", false, "Enable configmanager on resources handling via the restseeder.")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configManagerKeySeparator, "configmanager-key-separator", "", "|", "If configmanager is enabled - this key separator will be used.")
+	ControllerCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configManagerTokenSeparator, "configmanager-token-separator", "t", "://", "If configmanager is enabled - this key separator will be used.")
 }
 
 func controllerRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	logger := log.NewLogr(os.Stdout, log.ParseLevel(logLevel))
+
+	// if kubeconfig is set
+	// we want to overwrite the ENV variable with this value
+	if kubeconfig != "" {
+		os.Setenv("KUBECONFIG", kubeconfig)
+	}
 	// great case for Viper here
 	config := k8s.Config{
 		Kubeconfig: kubeconfig,
diff --git a/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/rest_test.go b/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/rest_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1825741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/rest_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package controller
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/seeder"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+func helperFileSeeder(conf *seeder.StrategyConfig) (string, string) {
+	b, _ := yaml.Marshal(conf)
+	dir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "seed-cli-test")
+	file := filepath.Join(dir, "seeder.yml")
+	k8sConf := filepath.Join(dir, ".kube-config")
+	_ = os.WriteFile(file, b, 0777)
+	_ = os.WriteFile(k8sConf, []byte(`
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Config
+preferences: {}`), 0777)
+	return k8sConf, file
+}
+
+func TestCmdController(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip()
+	ttests := map[string]struct {
+		// path to file and delete file return
+		testInput func(t *testing.T, url string) ([]string, func())
+		expect    string
+	}{
+		"no config manager": {
+			func(t *testing.T, url string) ([]string, func()) {
+				kubeConf, sourceFile := helperFileSeeder(&seeder.StrategyConfig{})
+				return []string{"--kubeconfig", kubeConf}, func() {
+					masterURL = ""
+					kubeconfig = ""
+					rsyncperiod = 0
+					namespace = ""
+					logLevel = ""
+					metricsAddr = ""
+					enableLeaderElection = false
+					enableConfigManager = false
+					configManagerTokenSeparator = ""
+					configManagerKeySeparator = ""
+					probeAddr = ""
+					os.Remove(sourceFile)
+					os.Remove(kubeConf)
+				}
+			},
+			"",
+		},
+		"with config manager": {
+			func(t *testing.T, url string) ([]string, func()) {
+
+				kubeConf, sourceFile := helperFileSeeder(&seeder.StrategyConfig{})
+				return []string{"-c", "--kubeconfig", kubeConf}, func() {
+					masterURL = ""
+					kubeconfig = ""
+					rsyncperiod = 0
+					namespace = ""
+					logLevel = ""
+					metricsAddr = ""
+					enableLeaderElection = false
+					enableConfigManager = false
+					configManagerTokenSeparator = ""
+					configManagerKeySeparator = ""
+					probeAddr = ""
+					os.Remove(sourceFile)
+					os.Remove(kubeConf)
+				}
+			},
+			"",
+		},
+	}
+	for name, tt := range ttests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cmdArgs, cleanUp := tt.testInput(t, "")
+			defer cleanUp()
+			b := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+			cmd := ControllerCmd
+
+			cmd.SetArgs(cmdArgs)
+			cmd.SetErr(b)
+			cmd.Execute()
+			out, err := io.ReadAll(b)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			//
+			if tt.expect == "" && len(out) > 0 {
+				t.Errorf(`%s 
+got: %v
+wanted: ""`, "expected empty buffer", string(out))
+			}
+
+			if tt.expect != "" && !strings.Contains(string(out), tt.expect) {
+				t.Errorf(`%s 
+got: %v
+want: %v`, "output comparison failed", string(out), tt.expect)
+			}
+
+			cmd = nil
+
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/version.go b/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9afa39d..0000000
--- a/kubebuilder-controller/cmd/controller/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package controller
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var (
-	Version    string = "0.0.1"
-	Revision   string = "1111aaaa"
-	versionCmd        = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "version",
-		Short: fmt.Sprintf("Get version number %s", "reststrategy-controller"),
-		Long:  `Version and Revision number of the installed CLI`,
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Printf("Version: %s\nRevision: %s\n", Version, Revision)
-			os.Exit(0)
-		},
-	}
-)
-
-func init() {
-	controllerCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
-}
diff --git a/kubebuilder-controller/go.mod b/kubebuilder-controller/go.mod
index 4468de0..ad39e74 100644
--- a/kubebuilder-controller/go.mod
+++ b/kubebuilder-controller/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/kubebuilder-controller
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/dnitsch/configmanager v1.19.1
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.6.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.24.2
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.1
@@ -120,7 +121,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.26.1 // indirect
diff --git a/kubebuilder-controller/internal/k8s/k8s.go b/kubebuilder-controller/internal/k8s/k8s.go
index eedc16c..14f993c 100644
--- a/kubebuilder-controller/internal/k8s/k8s.go
+++ b/kubebuilder-controller/internal/k8s/k8s.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package k8s
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
+
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ func Run(conf Config, logger logr.Logger, scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 	utilruntime.Must(clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(scheme))
 	utilruntime.Must(seederv1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme))
 
+	// fs := &flag.FlagSet{}
+	// ctrl.RegisterFlags(fs)
+
 	ctrl.SetLogger(logger.WithName("RestStrategyController"))
 
 	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
@@ -82,23 +87,25 @@ func Run(conf Config, logger logr.Logger, scheme *runtime.Scheme) {
 		ConfigManagerConfig:        conf.ConfigManager,
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 		ctrl.Log.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "RestStrategy")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		MsgExit(ctrl.Log, 1, "CreateControllerError")
 	}
 
 	if err := mgr.AddHealthzCheck("healthz", healthz.Ping); err != nil {
 		ctrl.Log.Error(err, "unable to set up health check")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		MsgExit(ctrl.Log, 1, "AddHealthzCheck")
 	}
+
 	if err := mgr.AddReadyzCheck("readyz", healthz.Ping); err != nil {
 		ctrl.Log.Error(err, "unable to set up ready check")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		MsgExit(ctrl.Log, 1, "AddReadyzCheck")
+
 	}
 
 	ctrl.Log.Info("starting manager")
 	if err := mgr.Start(ctrl.SetupSignalHandler()); err != nil {
 		// setupLog.Error(err, "problem running manager")
 		ctrl.Log.Error(err, "problem running manager")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		MsgExit(ctrl.Log, 1, "startingManager")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -115,3 +122,11 @@ func GetNamespace(namespace string) string {
 	}
 	return ns
 }
+
+func MsgExit(logger logr.Logger, code int, area string) {
+	if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("IN_CI_TEST"); ok {
+		logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("In CI tests, do not exit with code: %d\n", code), "code", code, "area", area)
+		return
+	}
+	os.Exit(code)
+}
diff --git a/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/root.go b/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/root.go
index 91e115c..91060fb 100644
--- a/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/root.go
+++ b/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/root.go
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	Version               string
+	Revision              string
 	verbose               bool
 	StrategyRestSeederCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     config.SELF_NAME,
 		Aliases: config.SHORT_NAME,
 		Short:   fmt.Sprintf("%s CLI provides an idempotent rest caller", config.SELF_NAME),
 		Long:    fmt.Sprintf(`%s CLI provides an idempotent rest caller for seeding configuration or data in a repeatable manner`, config.SELF_NAME),
+		Version: fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", Version, Revision),
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/runseed.go b/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/runseed.go
index a282ea2..6e5decf 100644
--- a/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/runseed.go
+++ b/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/runseed.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dnitsch/configmanager"
 	"github.com/dnitsch/configmanager/pkg/generator"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	srs "github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/seeder"
 	"github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/seeder/internal/cmdutils"
@@ -51,7 +52,16 @@ func runExecute(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		l = log.New(os.Stderr, log.DebugLvl)
 	}
 
-	strategy := srs.StrategyConfig{}
+	strategy := &srs.StrategyConfig{}
+	file, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(file, strategy); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	s := srs.New(&l).WithRestClient(&http.Client{})
 	cmConfig := generator.NewConfig()
 
@@ -67,5 +77,5 @@ func runExecute(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		s.WithConfigManager(&configmanager.ConfigManager{}).WithConfigManagerOptions(cmConfig)
 	}
 
-	return cmdutils.RunSeed(s, strategy, path, verbose)
+	return cmdutils.RunSeed(s, strategy)
 }
diff --git a/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/version.go b/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c701c6..0000000
--- a/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/seeder/internal/config"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var (
-	Version    string = "0.0.1"
-	Revision   string = "1111aaaa"
-	versionCmd        = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "version",
-		Short: fmt.Sprintf("Get version number %s", config.SELF_NAME),
-		Long:  `Version and Revision number of the installed CLI`,
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Printf("Version: %s\nRevision: %s\n", Version, Revision)
-			os.Exit(0)
-		},
-	}
-)
-
-func init() {
-	StrategyRestSeederCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
-}
diff --git a/seeder/go.mod b/seeder/go.mod
index 2cef54b..b3479fd 100644
--- a/seeder/go.mod
+++ b/seeder/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/seeder
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/a8m/envsubst v1.3.1-0.20221106143949-dffd7176fbc4
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spyzhov/ajson v0.7.2
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.5.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.26.1
 )
@@ -103,7 +104,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20220902162205-c0856e24416d // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230123231816-1cb3ae25d79a // indirect
diff --git a/seeder/go.sum b/seeder/go.sum
index b1680a7..2b649df 100644
--- a/seeder/go.sum
+++ b/seeder/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.107.0 h1:qkj22L7bgkl6vIeZDlOY2po43Mx/TIa2Wsa7VR+PEww=
+cloud.google.com/go v0.107.0/go.mod h1:wpc2eNrD7hXUTy8EKS10jkxpZBjASrORK7goS+3YX2I=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.18.0 h1:FEigFqoDbys2cvFkZ9Fjq4gnHBP55anJ0yQyau2f9oY=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.18.0/go.mod h1:1X7yHxec2Ga+Ss6jPyjxRxpu2uu7PLgsOVXvgU0yacs=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 h1:mg4jlk7mCAj6xXp9UJ4fjI9VUI5rubuGBW5aJ7UnBMY=
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3/go.mod h1:VAV5nSsACxMJvgaAuX6Pk2Aawl
 cloud.google.com/go/iam v0.12.0 h1:DRtTY29b75ciH6Ov1PHb4/iat2CLCvrOm40Q0a6DFpE=
 cloud.google.com/go/iam v0.12.0/go.mod h1:knyHGviacl11zrtZUoDuYpDgLjvr28sLQaG0YB2GYAY=
 cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.3.0 h1:NjljC+FYPV3uh5/OwWT6pVU+doBqMg2x/rZlE+CamDs=
+cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.3.0/go.mod h1:qth9Y41RRSUE69rDcOn6DdK3HfQfsUI0YSmW3iIlLJc=
 cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager v1.10.0 h1:pu03bha7ukxF8otyPKTFdDz+rr9sE3YauS5PliDXK60=
 cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager v1.10.0/go.mod h1:MfnrdvKMPNra9aZtQFvBcvRU54hbPD8/HayQdlUgJpU=
 github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.3.1 h1:gVXuXcWd1i4C2Ruxe321aU+IKGaStvGB/S90PUPB/W8=
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.1.0 h1:ReYa/UBrRyQdant9B4fNHGoCNKw6qh6P0fsdGmZpR7c=
+github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:M7tiix8f0r6mKKJ3Yq/kqU1OYf3MnfmBWVbPx/yU9ko=
 github.com/dnitsch/configmanager v1.19.1 h1:UQw60VjNvmDKUDTBx5p51USD/7o1rVmfZyDb1rPInCA=
 github.com/dnitsch/configmanager v1.19.1/go.mod h1:pA+zmN4iHLlaQE5N4niTTAVBIMDyH1BDT1VSo3lr5zc=
 github.com/dnitsch/simplelog v1.7.0 h1:Lg+/KaTZDNfIqzb8B5vrGW5QFBTVBoy27k6IH+nOwfc=
@@ -263,6 +266,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0 h1:73kH8U+JUqXU8lRuOHeVHaa/SZPifC7BkcraZVejAe8=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.4.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0 h1:Zes4hju04hjbvkVkOhdl2HpZa+0PmVwigmo8XoORE5w=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0/go.mod h1:NILgTygv/Uej1ra5XxGf82ZFSLk58MFGAUS2o6usyD0=
@@ -451,6 +455,7 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntN
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
+gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
 gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.5.1/go.mod h1:M9dMgbHiYLoDGQrXy7OpJDJWiKiU//h+vD76mk0e1AI=
 gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0 h1:NGk74WTnPKBNUhNzQX7PYcTLUjoq7mzKk2OKbvwk2iI=
 gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:M9dMgbHiYLoDGQrXy7OpJDJWiKiU//h+vD76mk0e1AI=
diff --git a/seeder/internal/cmdutils/cmdutils.go b/seeder/internal/cmdutils/cmdutils.go
index da2ca6c..e81078a 100644
--- a/seeder/internal/cmdutils/cmdutils.go
+++ b/seeder/internal/cmdutils/cmdutils.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	srs "github.com/dnitsch/reststrategy/seeder"
 )
 
-func RunSeed(svc *srs.StrategyRestSeeder, strategy srs.StrategyConfig, path string, verbose bool) error {
+func RunSeed(svc *srs.StrategyRestSeeder, strategy *srs.StrategyConfig) error {
 
 	svc.WithActions(strategy.Seeders).WithAuth(strategy.AuthConfig)
 
diff --git a/seeder/makefile b/seeder/makefile
index 6b2137e..8559237 100644
--- a/seeder/makefile
+++ b/seeder/makefile
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ LDFLAGS := -ldflags="-s -w -X \"github.com/$(OWNER)/$(NAME)/seeder/cmd/strategyr
 
 install:
 	go mod tidy
-	go mod vendor
-	
-install_ci:
-	go mod vendor
 
 codegen:
 	./hack/update-codegen.sh
@@ -35,6 +31,6 @@ bingen:
 		GOOS=$$os CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -mod=readonly -buildvcs=false $(LDFLAGS) -o dist/seeder-$$os ./cmd; \
 	done
 
-build: clean install copygened bingen
+build: clean install bingen
 
-build_ci: clean install_ci codegen_verify bingen
+build_ci: clean install codegen_verify bingen
diff --git a/seeder/rest.go b/seeder/rest.go
index 7cefa78..0e09b68 100644
--- a/seeder/rest.go
+++ b/seeder/rest.go
@@ -135,8 +135,11 @@ type Action struct {
 	PutEndpointSuffix    *string      `yaml:"putEndpointSuffix,omitempty" json:"putEndpointSuffix,omitempty"`
 	DeleteEndpointSuffix *string      `yaml:"deleteEndpointSuffix,omitempty" json:"deleteEndpointSuffix,omitempty"`
 	FindByJsonPathExpr   string       `yaml:"findByJsonPathExpr,omitempty" json:"findByJsonPathExpr,omitempty"`
-	PayloadTemplate      string       `yaml:"payloadTemplate" json:"payloadTemplate"`
-	PatchPayloadTemplate string       `yaml:"patchPayloadTemplate,omitempty" json:"patchPayloadTemplate,omitempty"`
+	// In the rare cases where POST is being used like a PUT
+	// and exposes a route that idemponently updates a record using the POST verb
+	PostIsPut            bool   `yaml:"postIsPut" json:"postIsPut"`
+	PayloadTemplate      string `yaml:"payloadTemplate" json:"payloadTemplate"`
+	PatchPayloadTemplate string `yaml:"patchPayloadTemplate,omitempty" json:"patchPayloadTemplate,omitempty"`
 	// +kubebuilder:pruning:PreserveUnknownFields
 	RuntimeVars map[string]string `yaml:"runtimeVars,omitempty" json:"runtimeVars,omitempty"`
 	AuthMapRef  string            `yaml:"authMapRef" json:"authMapRef"`
@@ -190,10 +193,12 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) do(req *http.Request, action *Action) ([]byte, error) {
 	r.log.Debugf("request: %+v", req)
 	respBody := []byte{}
 	req.Header = *action.header
+
+	req.URL.Path = r.TemplateWithVars(req.URL.Path, action.Variables)
+
 	diag := &Diagnostic{HostPathMethod: fmt.Sprintf("Method => %s HostPath => %s%s Query => %s", req.Method, req.URL.Host, req.URL.Path, req.URL.RawQuery), Name: action.name, ProceedFallback: false, IsFatal: true}
 
 	r.log.Debugf("restPayload diagnostic: %+v", diag)
-
 	resp, err := r.client.Do(r.setAuthHeader(req, action))
 	if err != nil {
 		r.log.Debugf("failed to make network call: %v", err)
@@ -272,6 +277,7 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) get(ctx context.Context, action *Action) ([]byte, error) {
 	if action.GetEndpointSuffix != nil {
 		endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", endpoint, *action.GetEndpointSuffix)
 	}
+
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", endpoint, nil)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -288,6 +294,7 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) post(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 	if action.PostEndpointSuffix != nil {
 		endpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", endpoint, *action.PostEndpointSuffix)
 	}
+
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", endpoint, strings.NewReader(action.templatedPayload))
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -408,13 +415,13 @@ func findPathByExpression(resp []byte, pathExpression string, log log.Loggerifac
 	return "", nil
 }
 
-// TemplatePayload parses input payload and replaces all $var ${var} with
+// TemplateWithVars parses input payload and replaces all $var ${var} with
 // existing global env variable as well as injected from inside RestAction
 // into the local context
-func (r *SeederImpl) TemplatePayload(payload string, vars KvMapVarsAny) string {
-	localVars := &KvMapVarsAny{}
+func (r *SeederImpl) TemplateWithVars(payload string, vars KvMapVarsAny) string {
+	localVars := make(KvMapVarsAny)
 	if vars == nil {
-		vars = *localVars
+		vars = localVars
 	}
 
 	// extend existing to allow for runtimeVars replacement
diff --git a/seeder/rest_test.go b/seeder/rest_test.go
index 6b81a67..5d246ae 100644
--- a/seeder/rest_test.go
+++ b/seeder/rest_test.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func Test_templatePayload(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			os.Setenv("FUZZ", "BOO")
 
-			got := tt.rest.TemplatePayload(tt.payload, tt.variables)
+			got := tt.rest.TemplateWithVars(tt.payload, tt.variables)
 			if got != tt.expect {
 				t.Errorf(TestPhrase, got, tt.expect)
 			}
diff --git a/seeder/seeder.go b/seeder/seeder.go
index 4ca9776..10b1637 100644
--- a/seeder/seeder.go
+++ b/seeder/seeder.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	FIND_DELETE      StrategyType = "FIND/DELETE"
 	FIND_DELETE_POST StrategyType = "FIND/DELETE/POST"
 	PUT              StrategyType = "PUT"
+	POST             StrategyType = "POST"
 )
 
 type CMRetrieve interface {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func New(log log.Loggeriface) *StrategyRestSeeder {
 		rest: r,
 		Strategy: map[StrategyType]StrategyFunc{
 			PUT:              PutStrategyFunc,
+			POST:             PostStrategyFunc,
 			PUT_POST:         PutPostStrategyFunc,
 			GET_PUT_POST:     GetPutPostStrategyFunc,
 			FIND_PUT_POST:    FindPutPostStrategyFunc,
@@ -197,6 +199,12 @@ func PutStrategyFunc(ctx context.Context, action *Action, rest *SeederImpl) erro
 	return rest.Put(ctx, action)
 }
 
+// PostStrategyFunc calls a POST endpoint fails if an error occurs
+// useful when there is a known Id of a resource and PUT supports creation
+func PostStrategyFunc(ctx context.Context, action *Action, rest *SeederImpl) error {
+	return rest.Post(ctx, action)
+}
+
 // PutPostStrategyFunc is useful when the resource is created a user specified Id
 // the PUT endpoint DOES NOT support a creation of the resource. PUT should throw a 4XX
 // for the POST fallback to take effect
diff --git a/seeder/seeder_test.go b/seeder/seeder_test.go
index 6481fb6..f8d0bfc 100644
--- a/seeder/seeder_test.go
+++ b/seeder/seeder_test.go
@@ -2301,6 +2301,7 @@ func TestExecuteWithConfigManager(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	for name, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
 			srs := seeder.New(&logger).WithRestClient(&http.Client{})
 
 			ts := httptest.NewServer(tt.handler(t))
@@ -2323,6 +2324,7 @@ func TestExecuteWithConfigManager(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+
 func TestExecuteWithConfigManagerError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	logW := &bytes.Buffer{}
diff --git a/seeder/seederstrategies.go b/seeder/seederstrategies.go
index cb7b6a4..edc3569 100644
--- a/seeder/seederstrategies.go
+++ b/seeder/seederstrategies.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 // does not support an update of existing item.
 func (r *SeederImpl) GetPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	resp, err := r.get(ctx, action)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) GetPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 // does not support an update of existing item.
 func (r *SeederImpl) FindPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	resp, err := r.get(ctx, action)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) FindPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if found == "" {
+	// run Post as if its a PUT verb
+	// when an id was found
+	if found != "" && action.PostIsPut {
+		return r.post(ctx, action)
+	}
+
+	if found == "" || action.PostIsPut {
 		return r.post(ctx, action)
 	}
 	r.log.Infof("item: %s,found by expression: %s and cannot be updated continuing", found, action.FindByJsonPathExpr)
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) FindPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 // else it will do a POST as the item can be created
 func (r *SeederImpl) FindPutPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	resp, err := r.get(ctx, action)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) FindPutPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 // FindPatchPost is same as FindPutPost strategy but uses PATCH
 func (r *SeederImpl) FindPatchPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	resp, err := r.get(ctx, action)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -89,14 +95,14 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) FindPatchPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 
 	r.log.Infof("item: %s,found by expression: %s\nupdating in place", found, action.FindByJsonPathExpr)
 	action.foundId = found
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PatchPayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PatchPayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	return r.patch(ctx, action)
 }
 
 // FindDeletePost
 func (r *SeederImpl) FindDeletePost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	resp, err := r.get(ctx, action)
 	if err != nil {
 		var diag *Diagnostic
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) FindDeletePost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 // else it will do a POST as the item can be created
 func (r *SeederImpl) GetPutPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	resp, err := r.get(ctx, action)
 	if err != nil {
 		var diag *Diagnostic
@@ -170,14 +176,22 @@ func (r *SeederImpl) GetPutPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
 // Put strategy calls a PUT endpoint
 // if standards compliant this should be an idempotent operation
 func (r *SeederImpl) Put(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	return r.put(ctx, action)
 }
 
+// Post strategy calls a POST endpoint
+// This should not be an idempotent endpoint but in
+// certain cases it is implemented with a 200 or 202.
+func (r *SeederImpl) Post(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	return r.post(ctx, action)
+}
+
 // Put strategy calls a PUT endpoint
 // if standards compliant this should be an idempotent operation
 func (r *SeederImpl) PutPost(ctx context.Context, action *Action) error {
-	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplatePayload(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
+	action.templatedPayload = r.TemplateWithVars(action.PayloadTemplate, action.Variables)
 	if err := r.put(ctx, action); err != nil {
 		var diag *Diagnostic
 		if errors.As(err, &diag) {
diff --git a/seeder/test b/seeder/test
deleted file mode 100755
index d9c7679..0000000
Binary files a/seeder/test and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/taskfile.yml b/taskfile.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5ab8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskfile.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://taskfile.dev/schema.json
+version: '3'
+vars:
+  OWNER: dnitsch
+  NAME: reststrategy
+  GIT_TAG: "0.9.0"
+  VERSION: "v{{ .GIT_TAG}}"
+  REVISION: aaaabbbb1234
+  LDFLAGS: -ldflags="-s -w -X \"github.com/{{ .OWNER}}/{{ .NAME }}/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder.Version={{ .VERSION}}\" -X \"github.com/{{ .OWNER}}/{{ .NAME }}/seeder/cmd/strategyrestseeder.Revision={{ .REVISION }}\" -extldflags -static"
+ 
+tasks:
+  clean: 
+    desc: cleans output dir 
+    dir: '{{ .DIR }}'
+    cmds:
+      - rm -rf bin/*
+      - rm -rf dist/*
+      - rm -rf vendor/*
+      - mkdir -p dist
+    requires:
+      vars:
+        - DIR
+  build-seeder:
+    dir: seeder
+    cmds: 
+      - | 
+          go mod tidy
+      - task: clean
+        vars:
+          DIR: seeder
+      - cmd: |
+          for os in darwin linux windows; do
+            GOOS=${os} CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -mod=readonly -buildvcs=false {{ .LDFLAGS }} -o dist/seeder-${os} ./cmd;
+          done
+
+  test-seeder:
+    dir: seeder
+    cmds:
+      - |
+        mkdir -p .coverage
+        go install github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report/v2@latest && \
+        go install github.com/axw/gocov/gocov@latest && \
+        go install github.com/AlekSi/gocov-xml@latest
+      - |
+        go test ./... -v -buildvcs=false -mod=readonly -coverprofile=.coverage/out > .coverage/unit
+        cat .coverage/unit | go-junit-report > .coverage/report-junit.xml
+        gocov convert .coverage/out | gocov-xml > .coverage/report-cobertura.xml
+
+  show_coverage:
+    desc: Shows coverage summary in default browser
+    dir: seeder
+    deps:
+      - test-seeder
+    cmds:
+      - go tool cover -html=.coverage/out
+
+  publish-seeder:
+    dir: seeder
+    cmds:
+      - cmd: |
+          git tag -a {{ .VERSION }} -m "ci tag release reststrategy" {{ .REVISION }}
+          # git tag -a apis/{{ .VERSION }} -m "ci tag release reststrategy/apis" {{ .REVISION }}
+          git tag -a seeder/{{ .VERSION }} -m "ci tag release reststrategy/seeder" {{ .REVISION }}
+          git push origin --tags
+      - |
+        OWNER={{ .OWNER }} NAME={{ .NAME  }} PAT={{ .PAT }} VERSION={{ .VERSION }}  ./hack/release.sh
+    vars:
+      OWNER: '{{ .OWNER }}'
+      NAME: '{{ .NAME }}'
+      GIT_TAG: '{{ .GIT_TAG }}'
+    requires:
+      vars:
+        - PAT
+        - GIT_TAG