diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89b5c98..95ba0f6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module bennsimon.github.io/workload-scheduler-operator
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/alistanis/cartesian v0.0.0-20220409094110-a224e60a7f74
 	github.com/go-co-op/gocron v1.31.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.7
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.27.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.27.2
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230209194617-a36077c30491
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.0
 )
 
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.27.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230209194617-a36077c30491 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e707799..a03f13b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/alistanis/cartesian v0.0.0-20220409094110-a224e60a7f74 h1:BTwPbXVJ3nBrGnk7rVmG+l8UKnbk/xtyAVjHyuZW1l0=
-github.com/alistanis/cartesian v0.0.0-20220409094110-a224e60a7f74/go.mod h1:VWlG+7/XaAhmeBJ/aS8ezA7thtXu9yN78ogu3DomQII=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
diff --git a/handler/workloadScheduleHandler/handler.go b/handler/workloadScheduleHandler/handler.go
index b0e3464..0e072ec 100644
--- a/handler/workloadScheduleHandler/handler.go
+++ b/handler/workloadScheduleHandler/handler.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"bennsimon.github.io/workload-scheduler-operator/util/config"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/alistanis/cartesian"
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
@@ -111,9 +110,10 @@ func (w *WorkloadScheduleHandler) BuildSpecMap(_workloadSchedule workloadschedul
 		namespaces = []string{util.ALL}
 	}
 
-	if len(kinds) != 0 {
-		keysArr[1] = '1'
-	} else {
+	//set to 1, when kind is not specified it defaults to include both deployment & statefulset which are valid workloads.
+	keysArr[1] = '1'
+
+	if len(kinds) == 0 {
 		kinds = []string{util.DEPLOYMENT, util.STATEFULSET}
 	}
 
@@ -129,7 +129,15 @@ func (w *WorkloadScheduleHandler) BuildSpecMap(_workloadSchedule workloadschedul
 
 	keyStr := string(keysArr)
 	//
-	var extractedKeys = cartesian.Product(namespaces, kinds, names)
+	var extractedKeys [][]string
+
+	for _, namespace := range namespaces {
+		for _, kind := range kinds {
+			for _, name := range names {
+				extractedKeys = append(extractedKeys, []string{namespace, kind, name})
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	for _, _keyComb := range extractedKeys {
 		keyComb := strings.Join(_keyComb, config.MapKeySeparator)
@@ -366,6 +374,9 @@ func (w *WorkloadScheduleHandler) executeActionOnStatefulSet(r client.Client, ct
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Log.Error(err, fmt.Sprintf("error occurred when fetching %s", util.STATEFULSET))
 	} else {
+		if len(statefulSetWorkloads.Items) == 0 && w.Config.LookUpBooleanEnv(config.Debug) {
+			log.Log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s not found. NS: %s, WS: %s", util.STATEFULSET, _workloadSchedule.Name, _workloadSchedule.Namespace, _workloadSchedule.WorkloadScheduler))
+		}
 		for _, statefulSet := range statefulSetWorkloads.Items {
 			w.AdjustReplicas(_workloadSchedule, r, ctx, processedWorkloads, NewStatefulSetHandler(&statefulSet))
 		}
@@ -378,6 +389,9 @@ func (w *WorkloadScheduleHandler) executeActionOnDeployment(r client.Client, ctx
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Log.Error(err, fmt.Sprintf("error occurred when fetching %s", util.DEPLOYMENT))
 	} else {
+		if len(deploymentWorkloads.Items) == 0 && w.Config.LookUpBooleanEnv(config.Debug) {
+			log.Log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s not found. NS: %s, WS: %s", util.DEPLOYMENT, _workloadSchedule.Name, _workloadSchedule.Namespace, _workloadSchedule.WorkloadScheduler))
+		}
 		for _, deployment := range deploymentWorkloads.Items {
 			w.AdjustReplicas(_workloadSchedule, r, ctx, processedWorkloads, NewDeploymentHandler(&deployment))
 		}
diff --git a/handler/workloadScheduleHandler/handler_test.go b/handler/workloadScheduleHandler/handler_test.go
index e27afb7..b04b55a 100644
--- a/handler/workloadScheduleHandler/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler/workloadScheduleHandler/handler_test.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func TestWorkloadScheduleHandler_BuildSpecMap(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			schedule: v1.Schedule{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "test-schedule"}},
 		}, want: map[string]map[string][]v1.WorkloadScheduleData{
-			"0010": {
+			"0110": {
 				"*/deployment/test-deploy":  []v1.WorkloadScheduleData{{Name: "test-deploy", Namespace: "*", Kind: "deployment", Desired: 0, WorkloadScheduler: "test-workload-scheduler"}},
 				"*/statefulset/test-deploy": []v1.WorkloadScheduleData{{Name: "test-deploy", Namespace: "*", Kind: "statefulset", Desired: 0, WorkloadScheduler: "test-workload-scheduler"}},
 			},
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func TestWorkloadScheduleHandler_BuildSpecMap(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			schedule: v1.Schedule{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "test-schedule"}},
 		}, want: map[string]map[string][]v1.WorkloadScheduleData{
-			"0000": {
+			"0100": {
 				"*/deployment/*":  []v1.WorkloadScheduleData{{Name: "*", Namespace: "*", Kind: "deployment", Desired: 0, WorkloadScheduler: "test-workload-scheduler"}},
 				"*/statefulset/*": []v1.WorkloadScheduleData{{Name: "*", Namespace: "*", Kind: "statefulset", Desired: 0, WorkloadScheduler: "test-workload-scheduler"}},
 			},