diff --git a/cmd/k3s/create.go b/cmd/k3s/create.go
index ed0b28df5..326447281 100644
--- a/cmd/k3s/create.go
+++ b/cmd/k3s/create.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
+	"github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst/internal/catalog"
 	"github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst/internal/cluster"
 	"github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst/internal/gitShim"
 	"github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst/internal/launch"
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ func createK3s(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	progress.DisplayLogHints(20)
 
+	isValid, catalogApps, err := catalog.ValidateCatalogApps(cliFlags.InstallCatalogApps)
+	if !isValid {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	err = ValidateProvidedFlags(cliFlags.GitProvider)
 	if err != nil {
 		progress.Error(err.Error())
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ func createK3s(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		progress.Error("unable to start kubefirst api")
 	}
 
-	provision.CreateMgmtCluster(gitAuth, cliFlags)
+	provision.CreateMgmtCluster(gitAuth, cliFlags, catalogApps)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5a8331b6a..d3bd71c6a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.6.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.9.0
-	github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst-api v0.1.11
+	github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst-api v0.1.21-rc2
 	github.com/kubefirst/metrics-client v0.3.0
 	github.com/kubefirst/runtime v0.4.2
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8
@@ -330,4 +330,3 @@ replace (
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission => k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.24.2
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver => k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.24.2
 )
-
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dde57f2e3..0dc86b385 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -720,6 +720,8 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
+github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst-api v0.1.21-rc2 h1:yIFFYOEM5t0hwIDDMfd6iYmixxOtNkkuCmDavxKpHXE=
+github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst-api v0.1.21-rc2/go.mod h1:po3PVBLwSWeUl9Yf/X2dSxrfSyJUkznZVjmMKxebAbM=
 github.com/kubefirst/metrics-client v0.3.0 h1:zCug82pEzeWhHhpeYQvdhytRNDxrLxX18dPQ5PSxY3s=
 github.com/kubefirst/metrics-client v0.3.0/go.mod h1:GR7wsMcyYhd+EU67PeuMCBYFE6OJ7P/j5OI5BLOoRMc=
 github.com/kubefirst/runtime v0.4.2 h1:qFoFEjyv9WSnmmKhclkux++xGA15yPt7/XwQbdQYVDs=