diff --git a/pkg/sync/manager/controller.go b/pkg/sync/manager/controller.go
index b600dcd..9317764 100644
--- a/pkg/sync/manager/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/sync/manager/controller.go
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ func (c *SyncController) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.
 	c.ResourceParser.SetBuffer(initialData)
 
 	for _, res := range instance.Spec.WatchedResources {
-		var err error
-		err = c.ResourceParser.Parse(ctx, res)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err = c.ResourceParser.Parse(ctx, res); err != nil {
 			log.Error(err, "failed to parse resource", "resource", res)
 			errList = append(errList, err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sync/parser/parser.go b/pkg/sync/parser/parser.go
index aa88af7..ab656ed 100644
--- a/pkg/sync/parser/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/sync/parser/parser.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ package parser
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	v1 "github.com/adobe/cluster-registry/pkg/api/registry/v1"
 	registryv1alpha1 "github.com/adobe/cluster-registry/pkg/api/registry/v1alpha1"
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ func (p *ResourceParser) Parse(ctx context.Context, res registryv1alpha1.Watched
 
 	h, ok := p.handlers[gvk]
 	if !ok {
-		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("no handler registered for GVK: %s", gvk.String()))
+		return fmt.Errorf("no handler registered for GVK: %s", gvk.String())
 	}
 
 	objects, err := p.getObjectsForResource(ctx, res)