diff --git a/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s.rs b/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s.rs
index 88bd2e8..a6eb100 100644
--- a/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s.rs
+++ b/harmony/src/domain/topology/k8s.rs
@@ -419,9 +419,12 @@ impl K8sClient {
             .as_str()
             .expect("couldn't get kind as str");
 
-        let split: Vec<&str> = api_version.splitn(2, "/").collect();
-        let g = split[0];
-        let v = split[1];
+        let mut it = api_version.splitn(2, '/');
+        let first = it.next().unwrap();
+        let (g, v) = match it.next() {
+            Some(second) => (first, second),
+            None => ("", first),
+        };
 
         let gvk = GroupVersionKind::gvk(g, v, kind);
         let api_resource = ApiResource::from_gvk(&gvk);
diff --git a/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/okd/enable_user_workload.rs b/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/okd/enable_user_workload.rs
index d3a5998..d04c2cc 100644
--- a/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/okd/enable_user_workload.rs
+++ b/harmony/src/modules/monitoring/okd/enable_user_workload.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use harmony_types::id::Id;
 use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Pod;
-use kube::api::GroupVersionKind;
+use log::debug;
 use serde::Serialize;
+use tokio::time::sleep;
 
 use crate::{
     data::Version,
@@ -69,8 +70,7 @@ impl OpenshiftUserWorkloadMonitoringInterpret {
         &self,
         client: &Arc<K8sClient>,
     ) -> Result<Outcome, InterpretError> {
-        let cm = format!(
-            r#"
+        let cm = r#"
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ data:
     enableUserWorkload: true
     alertmanagerMain:
       enableUserAlertmanagerConfig: true
-        "#
-        );
-
-        let cm_yaml = serde_yaml::to_value(cm).unwrap();
-
+"#;
+        let cm_yaml: serde_yaml::Value = serde_yaml::from_str(&cm).unwrap();
+        debug!("{:#?}", cm_yaml);
         client
             .apply_yaml(&cm_yaml, Some("openshift-monitoring"))
             .await?;
@@ -97,8 +95,7 @@ data:
         &self,
         client: &Arc<K8sClient>,
     ) -> Result<Outcome, InterpretError> {
-        let cm = format!(
-            r#"
+        let cm = r#"
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -107,12 +104,11 @@ metadata:
 data:
   config.yaml: |
     alertmanager:
-      enabled: true 
-      enableAlertmanagerConfig: true 
-      "#
-        );
+      enabled: true
+      enableAlertmanagerConfig: true
+"#;
 
-        let cm_yaml = serde_yaml::to_value(cm).unwrap();
+        let cm_yaml: serde_yaml::Value = serde_yaml::from_str(&cm).unwrap();
 
         client
             .apply_yaml(&cm_yaml, Some("openshift-user-workload-monitoring"))
@@ -128,54 +124,48 @@ data:
     ) -> Result<Outcome, InterpretError> {
         let namespace = "openshift-user-workload-monitoring";
         let alertmanager_name = "alertmanager-user-workload-0";
-        let alertmanager = client
-            .get_pod(alertmanager_name, Some(namespace))
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
         let prometheus_name = "prometheus-user-workload-0";
-        let prometheus = client
-            .get_pod(prometheus_name, Some(namespace))
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-        self.ensure_pod(alertmanager, alertmanager_name, namespace)
+        self.wait_for_pod_ready(&client, alertmanager_name, namespace)
             .await?;
-        self.ensure_pod(prometheus, prometheus_name, namespace)
+        self.wait_for_pod_ready(&client, prometheus_name, namespace)
             .await
     }
 
-    async fn ensure_pod(
+    async fn wait_for_pod_ready(
         &self,
-        pod: Option<Pod>,
+        client: &Arc<K8sClient>,
         pod_name: &str,
         namespace: &str,
     ) -> Result<Outcome, InterpretError> {
-        match pod {
-            Some(pod) => {
-                if let Some(status) = pod.status {
-                    let phase = status.phase.unwrap_or("failed".to_string());
-                    if phase == "running" {
-                        Ok(Outcome::success(format!(
-                            "'{}' is ready with status.phase '{}'.",
-                            pod.metadata.name.unwrap(),
-                            phase
-                        )))
-                    } else {
-                        Err(InterpretError::new(format!(
-                            "'{}' in namespace '{}' has status.phase '{}'.",
-                            pod_name, namespace, phase
-                        )))
+        let mut elapsed = 0;
+        let interval = 5; // seconds between checks
+        let timeout_secs = 120;
+        loop {
+            // Fetch the pod
+            let pod = client.get_pod(pod_name, Some(namespace)).await?;
+
+            if let Some(p) = pod {
+                if let Some(status) = p.status {
+                    if let Some(phase) = status.phase {
+                        if phase.to_lowercase() == "running" {
+                            return Ok(Outcome::success(format!(
+                                "'{}' is ready with status.phase '{}'.",
+                                pod_name, phase
+                            )));
+                        }
                     }
-                } else {
-                    Err(InterpretError::new(format!(
-                        "{} not found in ns: {}",
-                        pod_name, namespace
-                    )))
                 }
             }
-            None => Err(InterpretError::new(format!(
-                "'{}' not found in namespace '{}'",
-                pod_name, namespace
-            ))),
+
+            if elapsed >= timeout_secs {
+                return Err(InterpretError::new(format!(
+                    "'{}' in ns '{}' did not become ready within {}s",
+                    pod_name, namespace, timeout_secs
+                )));
+            }
+
+            sleep(Duration::from_secs(interval)).await;
+            elapsed += interval;
         }
     }
 }