diff --git a/internal/controller/group_controller.go b/internal/controller/group_controller.go
index 825e25a..0e2cd6d 100644
--- a/internal/controller/group_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/group_controller.go
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ func (r *GroupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl
 	groupID, err := func() (string, error) {
 		if group.Status.GroupID != "" {
 			groupResp, err := r.Netbird.Groups.Get(ctx, group.Status.GroupID)
+			if err != nil && !netbird.IsNotFound(err) {
+				return "", err
+			}
 			if err == nil {
 				peers := []string{}
 				for _, peer := range groupResp.Peers {
diff --git a/internal/controller/networkrouter_controller.go b/internal/controller/networkrouter_controller.go
index f07ddb7..299a9b0 100644
--- a/internal/controller/networkrouter_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/networkrouter_controller.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (r *NetworkRouterReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reques
 	}
 	err = r.Client.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(group), group)
 	if err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
 	if group.Status.GroupID == "" {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (r *NetworkRouterReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reques
 	}
 	err = r.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(&setupKey), &setupKey)
 	if err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
 	if setupKey.Status.SetupKeyID == "" {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func (r *NetworkRouterReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reques
 	}
 	err = r.Client.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(dep), dep)
 	if err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
 	if dep.Status.ReadyReplicas != dep.Status.Replicas {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
diff --git a/internal/controller/setupkey_controller.go b/internal/controller/setupkey_controller.go
index bc5a0aa..8488020 100644
--- a/internal/controller/setupkey_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/setupkey_controller.go
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ func (r *SetupKeyReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 		return r.reconcileDelete(ctx, sp, setupKey)
 	}
 
-	autoGroupIDs, err := netbirdutil.GetGroupIDs(ctx, r.Client, r.Netbird, setupKey.Spec.AutoGroups, setupKey.Namespace)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, err
-	}
-
 	controllerutil.AddFinalizer(setupKey, k8sutil.Finalizer("setupkey"))
 	err = sp.Patch(ctx, setupKey)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -65,6 +60,10 @@ func (r *SetupKeyReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 	}
 
 	// Check if setup key is up to date.
+	autoGroupIDs, err := netbirdutil.GetGroupIDs(ctx, r.Client, r.Netbird, setupKey.Spec.AutoGroups, setupKey.Namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
 	ok, err := func() (bool, error) {
 		if setupKey.Status.SetupKeyID == "" {
 			return false, nil