diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f0c6308bd..44100650d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ clean: clean-protos clean-migrations-compose
 .PHONY: lint install-lint-tools tests go-tests fmt fmt-proto fmt-go install-go-fmt-tools migration-tests
 
 lint:
-	@reviewdog -fail-on-error $$([ "${CI}" = "true" ] && echo "-reporter=github-pr-review") -diff="git diff origin/main" -filter-mode=added -tee
+# we need to redirect stderr to stdout because Github actions don't capture the stderr lolz
+	@reviewdog -fail-on-error -diff="git diff origin/main" -filter-mode=added 2>&1
 
 install-lint-tools:
 	@go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest
diff --git a/cmd/draconctl/main.go b/cmd/draconctl/main.go
index cc238b92a..448435df4 100644
--- a/cmd/draconctl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/draconctl/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -20,11 +21,10 @@ func main() {
 		ID:    "top-level",
 		Title: "Top-level Commands:",
 	})
-
 	pipelines.RegisterPipelinesSubcommands(rootCmd)
 	migrations.RegisterMigrationsSubcommands(rootCmd)
 	components.RegisterComponentsSubcommands(rootCmd)
-
+	slog.SetDefault(slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{})))
 	err := rootCmd.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/components/component.go b/components/component.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8486be2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/component.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package components
+
+const (
+	// EnvDraconStartTime Start Time of Dracon Scan in RFC3339.
+	EnvDraconStartTime = "DRACON_SCAN_TIME"
+	// EnvDraconScanID the ID of the dracon scan.
+	EnvDraconScanID = "DRACON_SCAN_ID"
+	// EnvDraconScanTags the tags of the dracon scan.
+	EnvDraconScanTags = "DRACON_SCAN_TAGS"
+)
diff --git a/components/consumers/consumer.go b/components/consumers/consumer.go
index 7cfd8dd2d..67586d829 100644
--- a/components/consumers/consumer.go
+++ b/components/consumers/consumer.go
@@ -5,35 +5,38 @@ package consumers
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
 
-	v1 "github.com/ocurity/dracon/api/proto/v1"
-
+	draconapiv1 "github.com/ocurity/dracon/api/proto/v1"
+	"github.com/ocurity/dracon/components"
 	"github.com/ocurity/dracon/pkg/putil"
 )
 
-const (
-	// EnvDraconStartTime Start Time of Dracon Scan in RFC3339.
-	EnvDraconStartTime = "DRACON_SCAN_TIME"
-	// EnvDraconScanID the ID of the dracon scan.
-	EnvDraconScanID = "DRACON_SCAN_ID"
-	// EnvDraconScanTags the tags of the dracon scan.
-	EnvDraconScanTags = "DRACON_SCAN_TAGS"
-)
-
 var (
 	inResults string
 	// Raw represents if the non-enriched results should be used.
 	Raw bool
+	// debug flag initializes the logger with a debug level
+	debug bool
 )
 
 func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&inResults, "in", "", "the directory where dracon producer/enricher outputs are")
 	flag.BoolVar(&Raw, "raw", false, "if the non-enriched results should be used")
+	flag.BoolVar(&debug, "debug", false, "turn on debug logging")
 }
 
 // ParseFlags will parse the input flags for the consumer and perform simple validation.
 func ParseFlags() error {
 	flag.Parse()
+
+	logLevel := slog.LevelInfo
+	if debug {
+		logLevel = slog.LevelDebug
+	}
+
+	slog.SetDefault(slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: logLevel})).With("scanID", os.Getenv(components.EnvDraconScanID)))
 	if len(inResults) < 1 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("in is undefined")
 	}
@@ -41,11 +44,11 @@ func ParseFlags() error {
 }
 
 // LoadToolResponse loads raw results from producers.
-func LoadToolResponse() ([]*v1.LaunchToolResponse, error) {
+func LoadToolResponse() ([]*draconapiv1.LaunchToolResponse, error) {
 	return putil.LoadToolResponse(inResults)
 }
 
 // LoadEnrichedToolResponse loads enriched results from the enricher.
-func LoadEnrichedToolResponse() ([]*v1.EnrichedLaunchToolResponse, error) {
+func LoadEnrichedToolResponse() ([]*draconapiv1.EnrichedLaunchToolResponse, error) {
 	return putil.LoadEnrichedToolResponse(inResults)
 }
diff --git a/components/consumers/consumer_test.go b/components/consumers/consumer_test.go
index c10fbd3f3..834f1f7ec 100644
--- a/components/consumers/consumer_test.go
+++ b/components/consumers/consumer_test.go
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	v1 "github.com/ocurity/dracon/api/proto/v1"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	draconapiv1 "github.com/ocurity/dracon/api/proto/v1"
+	"github.com/ocurity/dracon/components"
 	"github.com/ocurity/dracon/pkg/putil"
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestLoadToolResponse(t *testing.T) {
 
 	defer require.NoError(t, os.Remove(tmpFile.Name()))
 
-	issues := []*v1.Issue{
+	issues := []*draconapiv1.Issue{
 		{
 			Target:      "/dracon/source/foobar",
 			Title:       "/dracon/source/barfoo",
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ func TestLoadToolResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	scanTags, err := json.Marshal(tags)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(EnvDraconStartTime, timestamp))
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(EnvDraconScanID, scanID))
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(EnvDraconScanTags, string(scanTags)))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(components.EnvDraconStartTime, timestamp))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(components.EnvDraconScanID, scanID))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(components.EnvDraconScanTags, string(scanTags)))
 
 	resultTempDir := tmpFile.Name()
 	resultFile := "test-tool"
diff --git a/components/producers/producer.go b/components/producers/producer.go
index e179cf2f4..b2442d2f8 100644
--- a/components/producers/producer.go
+++ b/components/producers/producer.go
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	v1 "github.com/ocurity/dracon/api/proto/v1"
+	draconapiv1 "github.com/ocurity/dracon/api/proto/v1"
+	"github.com/ocurity/dracon/components"
 
 	"github.com/ocurity/dracon/pkg/putil"
 )
@@ -28,26 +29,28 @@ var (
 	OutFile string
 	// Append flag will append to the outfile instead of overwriting, useful when there's multiple inresults.
 	Append bool
+	// debug flag initializes the logger with a debug level
+	debug bool
 )
 
 const (
 	sourceDir = "/workspace/output"
-
-	// EnvDraconStartTime Start Time of Dracon Scan in RFC3339.
-	EnvDraconStartTime = "DRACON_SCAN_TIME"
-	// EnvDraconScanID the ID of the dracon scan.
-	EnvDraconScanID = "DRACON_SCAN_ID"
-	// EnvDraconScanTags the tags of the dracon scan.
-	EnvDraconScanTags = "DRACON_SCAN_TAGS"
 )
 
 // ParseFlags will parse the input flags for the producer and perform simple validation.
 func ParseFlags() error {
 	flag.StringVar(&InResults, "in", "", "")
 	flag.StringVar(&OutFile, "out", "", "")
+	flag.BoolVar(&debug, "debug", false, "turn on debug logging")
 	flag.BoolVar(&Append, "append", false, "Append to output file instead of overwriting it")
 
 	flag.Parse()
+	logLevel := slog.LevelInfo
+	if debug {
+		logLevel = slog.LevelDebug
+	}
+	slog.SetDefault(slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: logLevel})).With("scanID", os.Getenv(components.EnvDraconScanID)))
+
 	if InResults == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("in is undefined")
 	}
@@ -113,28 +116,28 @@ func ParseMultiJSONMessages(in []byte) ([]interface{}, error) {
 // WriteDraconOut provides a generic method to write the resulting protobuf to the output file.
 func WriteDraconOut(
 	toolName string,
-	issues []*v1.Issue,
+	issues []*draconapiv1.Issue,
 ) error {
 	source := getSource()
-	cleanIssues := []*v1.Issue{}
+	cleanIssues := []*draconapiv1.Issue{}
 	for _, iss := range issues {
 		iss.Description = strings.ReplaceAll(iss.Description, sourceDir, ".")
 		iss.Title = strings.ReplaceAll(iss.Title, sourceDir, ".")
 		iss.Target = strings.ReplaceAll(iss.Target, sourceDir, ".")
 		iss.Source = source
 		cleanIssues = append(cleanIssues, iss)
-		log.Printf("found issue: %+v\n", iss)
+		slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("found issue: %+v\n", iss))
 	}
-	scanStartTime := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(EnvDraconStartTime))
+	scanStartTime := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(components.EnvDraconStartTime))
 	if scanStartTime == "" {
 		scanStartTime = time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
 	}
-	scanUUUID := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(EnvDraconScanID))
-	scanTagsStr := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(EnvDraconScanTags))
+	scanUUUID := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(components.EnvDraconScanID))
+	scanTagsStr := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(components.EnvDraconScanTags))
 	scanTags := map[string]string{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(scanTagsStr), &scanTags)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("scan with uuid %s does not have any tags, err:%s", scanUUUID, err)
+		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("scan does not have any tags, err:%s", err))
 	}
 
 	stat, err := os.Stat(OutFile)
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ func getSource() string {
 
 	dat, err := os.ReadFile(sourceMetaPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
+		slog.Error(err.Error())
 	}
 	return strings.TrimSpace(string(dat))
 }
diff --git a/components/producers/producer_test.go b/components/producers/producer_test.go
index 7d384c401..5316b53ce 100644
--- a/components/producers/producer_test.go
+++ b/components/producers/producer_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	v1 "github.com/ocurity/dracon/api/proto/v1"
+	"github.com/ocurity/dracon/components"
 
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ func TestWriteDraconOut(t *testing.T) {
 
 	baseTime := time.Now().UTC()
 	timestamp := baseTime.Format(time.RFC3339)
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(EnvDraconStartTime, timestamp))
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(EnvDraconScanID, "ab3d3290-cd9f-482c-97dc-ec48bdfcc4de"))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(components.EnvDraconStartTime, timestamp))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(components.EnvDraconScanID, "ab3d3290-cd9f-482c-97dc-ec48bdfcc4de"))
 
 	OutFile = tmpFile.Name()
 	Append = false
@@ -66,8 +67,8 @@ func TestWriteDraconOutAppend(t *testing.T) {
 
 	baseTime := time.Now().UTC()
 	timestamp := baseTime.Format(time.RFC3339)
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(EnvDraconStartTime, timestamp))
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(EnvDraconScanID, "ab3d3290-cd9f-482c-97dc-ec48bdfcc4de"))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(components.EnvDraconStartTime, timestamp))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv(components.EnvDraconScanID, "ab3d3290-cd9f-482c-97dc-ec48bdfcc4de"))
 
 	OutFile = tmpFile.Name()
 	Append = true
diff --git a/deploy/dracon/chart/templates/kb-ingress.yaml b/deploy/dracon/chart/templates/kb-ingress.yaml
index 8d2307d99..823f5a5ee 100644
--- a/deploy/dracon/chart/templates/kb-ingress.yaml
+++ b/deploy/dracon/chart/templates/kb-ingress.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{ if .Values.kibana.enabled }}
+{{ if .Values.kibana.ingress.enabled }}
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
diff --git a/deploy/dracon/chart/templates/migrations-job.yaml b/deploy/dracon/chart/templates/migrations-job.yaml
index f78b84826..50f13713f 100644
--- a/deploy/dracon/chart/templates/migrations-job.yaml
+++ b/deploy/dracon/chart/templates/migrations-job.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ metadata:
     # job is considered part of the release.
     "helm.sh/hook": post-install,post-upgrade
     "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
-    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": hook-succeeded
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded, hook-failed
 spec:
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/deploy/dracon/chart/values.yaml b/deploy/dracon/chart/values.yaml
index 216c2937e..4db9933dc 100644
--- a/deploy/dracon/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/dracon/chart/values.yaml
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ postgresql:
     postgresPassword: ""
   fullnameOverride: ""
 
-tekton:
-  enabled: true
-
 # this section controls aspects of managing a database used to store enrichments
 # the database should use the Postgres dialect.
 enrichmentDB:
diff --git a/deploy/dracon/values/dev.yaml b/deploy/dracon/values/dev.yaml
index d779c0b6c..fad78b773 100644
--- a/deploy/dracon/values/dev.yaml
+++ b/deploy/dracon/values/dev.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ kibana:
   enabled: true
   version: 8.3.2
   ingress:
+    enabled: true
     className: nginx
     host: kibana.dracon.localhost
     tlsEnabled: false
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/fake/clientset.go b/pkg/k8s/fake/clientset.go
index 91aeec105..24caa557e 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/fake/clientset.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/fake/clientset.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	tektonv1beta1api "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1beta1"
 	tektonv1beta1fakeclient "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/pipeline/v1beta1/fake"
+	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/testrestmapper"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ func NewSchemeAndCodecs() (*runtime.Scheme, *serializer.CodecFactory, error) {
 
 var _ k8s.ClientInterface = (*DraconClientSet)(nil)
 
-// ApplyHookType is the signature of the function that will be called to mock
-// an Apply invocation
-type ApplyHookType func(clientset ClientsetSubset, obj runtime.Object, namespace string, forceConflicts bool) error
+// ApplyHookType is the signature of the function that will be called to
+// examine the parameters that the apply function was called with.
+type ApplyHookType func(obj runtime.Object, namespace string, forceConflicts bool) error
 
 // ClientsetSubset is just the fake clientset struct
 type ClientsetSubset struct {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ type ClientsetSubset struct {
 // DraconClientSet is a mock implementation of the `k8s.Clientset`
 type DraconClientSet struct {
 	ClientsetSubset
+	objectTracker  testing.ObjectTracker
 	discovery      *fakediscovery.FakeDiscovery
 	ApplyHook      ApplyHookType
 	MetaRESTMapper meta.RESTMapper
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ type DraconClientSet struct {
 // a correct response for all known types offered by the `k8s.ClientInterface`.
 func NewFakeTypedClient(objects ...runtime.Object) (DraconClientSet, error) {
 	return NewFakeTypedClientWithApplyHook(
-		func(_ ClientsetSubset, _ runtime.Object, _ string, _ bool) error { return nil },
+		func(_ runtime.Object, _ string, _ bool) error { return nil },
 		objects...,
 	)
 }
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ func NewFakeTypedClientWithApplyHook(applyHook ApplyHookType, objects ...runtime
 	})
 
 	return DraconClientSet{
+		objectTracker: objectTracker,
 		discovery: &fakediscovery.FakeDiscovery{
 			Fake: &fakeCoreK8sClient.Fake,
 			FakedServerVersion: &version.Info{
@@ -118,7 +121,16 @@ func NewFakeTypedClientWithApplyHook(applyHook ApplyHookType, objects ...runtime
 
 // Apply mocks the `kubectl apply`
 func (f DraconClientSet) Apply(_ context.Context, obj runtime.Object, namespace string, forceConflicts bool) error {
-	return f.ApplyHook(f.ClientsetSubset, obj, namespace, forceConflicts)
+	if err := f.ApplyHook(obj, namespace, forceConflicts); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	gvk := obj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind()
+	gvr, _ := meta.UnsafeGuessKindToResource(gvk)
+
+	if err := f.objectTracker.Create(gvr, obj, namespace); k8serrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+		return f.objectTracker.Update(gvr, obj, namespace)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // RESTMapper returns an instance implementing the `meta.RESTMapper` interface