diff --git a/common/keys.go b/common/keys.go
index 2998bdc37..70bef5360 100644
--- a/common/keys.go
+++ b/common/keys.go
@@ -212,4 +212,5 @@ const (
 // misc
 const (
 	TLSSecretNameKey = "tls-secret-name"
+	WantAutoTLSKey   = "wantAutoTLS"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/openshift/mutation.go b/pkg/openshift/mutation.go
index 20e812b59..072a26843 100644
--- a/pkg/openshift/mutation.go
+++ b/pkg/openshift/mutation.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package openshift
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -30,24 +31,32 @@ func AddAutoTLSAnnotationForOpenShift(cr *argoproj.ArgoCD, resource interface{},
 	}
 	switch obj := resource.(type) {
 	case *corev1.Service:
-		if cr == nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-		// return if autoTLS is not requested
-		if !cr.Spec.Redis.WantsAutoTLS() {
-			return nil
-		}
 
 		if obj.Annotations == nil {
 			obj.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
 		}
 
 		// Ensure that args carries only one argument, which is a map of type map[string]string
-		// containing the key "tls-secret-name". If this is the case, the associated value
-		// can be used within the service annotation
+		// containing the keys "wantAutoTLS" and "tls-secret-name". If this is the case, the associated value
+		// can be used within the service annotation if auto TLS is requested
 		if len(args) == 1 {
 			for _, arg := range args {
 				argMap := arg.(map[string]string)
+
+				if val, ok := argMap[common.WantAutoTLSKey]; !ok {
+					return nil
+				} else {
+					wantTLS, err := strconv.ParseBool(val)
+					if err != nil {
+						return errors.Wrapf(err, "AddAutoTLSAnnotationForOpenShift: failed to parse mutation args for resource")
+					}
+
+					// return if autoTLS is not requested
+					if !wantTLS {
+						return nil
+					}
+				}
+
 				if val, ok := argMap[common.TLSSecretNameKey]; ok {
 					obj.Annotations[common.ServiceBetaOpenshiftKeyCertSecret] = val
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/util/log.go b/pkg/util/log.go
index f0cf226d1..1ffd20d0b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/log.go
+++ b/pkg/util/log.go
@@ -3,9 +3,27 @@ package util
 import (
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 )
 
+type Logger struct {
+	logr.Logger
+}
+
+func NewLogger(name string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) *Logger {
+	return &Logger{
+		ctrl.Log.WithName(name).WithValues(keysAndValues...),
+	}
+}
+
+func (logger *Logger) Debug(msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
+	lvl := int(-1 * zapcore.DebugLevel)
+
+	logger.V(lvl).Info(msg, keysAndValues...)
+}
+
 func GetLogLevel(lvl string) zapcore.Level {
 	switch strings.ToLower(lvl) {
 	case "error":