diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/kube_app.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/kube_app.py
index 6823172abb..56f7f644f7 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/kube_app.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/kube_app.py
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ class AppOperator(object):
         self._armada = ArmadaHelper(self._kube)
         self._fluxcd = FluxCDHelper(self._dbapi, self._kube)
 
+        # Load apps metadata
+        # Clearing stuck application behavior depends on the metadata
+        for app in self._dbapi.kube_app_get_all():
+            self.load_application_metadata_from_database(app)
+
         if not os.path.isfile(constants.ANSIBLE_BOOTSTRAP_FLAG):
             self._clear_stuck_applications()
 
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
index a9ca7e50b6..a35b6ba24d 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/conductor/manager.py
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ class ConductorManager(service.PeriodicService):
         # brought up during bootstrap manifest apply and is not restarted
         # until host unlock and we need ceph-mon up in order to configure
         # ceph for the initial unlock.
+        # kube_app operator will load app metadata from database
         self._helm = helm.HelmOperator(self.dbapi)
         self._app = kube_app.AppOperator(self.dbapi, self._helm, self.apps_metadata)
         self._docker = kube_app.DockerHelper(self.dbapi)
@@ -384,10 +385,6 @@ class ConductorManager(service.PeriodicService):
         # Save our start time for time limited init actions
         self._start_time = timeutils.utcnow()
 
-        # Load apps metadata
-        for app in self.dbapi.kube_app_get_all():
-            self._app.load_application_metadata_from_database(app)
-
     def _get_active_controller_uuid(self):
         ahost = utils.HostHelper.get_active_controller(self.dbapi)
         if ahost: