diff --git a/charts/deployment-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/deployment-operator/Chart.yaml
index b152776c..cbdf918e 100644
--- a/charts/deployment-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/deployment-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: deployment-operator
 description: creates a new instance of the plural deployment operator
-appVersion: 0.4.24
-version: 0.4.24
+appVersion: 0.4.25
+version: 0.4.25
 maintainers:
   - name: Plural
     url: https://www.plural.sh
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 185b9b60..55b785b5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.14.3
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.0
@@ -223,7 +224,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.29.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/controller/constraint_controller.go b/internal/controller/constraint_controller.go
index e2b27cfc..9fb428a8 100644
--- a/internal/controller/constraint_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/constraint_controller.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package controller
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+
 	templatesv1 "github.com/open-policy-agent/frameworks/constraint/pkg/apis/templates/v1"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper/v3/apis/status/v1beta1"
 	constraintstatusv1beta1 "github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper/v3/apis/status/v1beta1"
@@ -29,11 +30,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 type BundleData struct {
-	Description       string `json:"description"`
-	Severity          string `json:"severity"`
-	BundleName        string `json:"bundleName"`
-	BundleDisplayName string `json:"bundleDisplayName"`
-	Remediation       string `json:"remediation"`
+	Description       string `json:"description" yaml:"description"`
+	Severity          string `json:"severity" yaml:"severity"`
+	BundleName        string `json:"bundleName" yaml:"bundleName"`
+	BundleDisplayName string `json:"bundleDisplayName" yaml:"bundleDisplayName"`
+	Remediation       string `json:"remediation" yaml:"remediation"`
 }
 
 type StatusViolation struct {
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ func (r *ConstraintReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
+
+	logger.Info("recording constraint", "name", pca.Name)
 	r.Constraints[pca.Name] = pca
 	res, err := r.ConsoleClient.UpsertConstraints(algorithms.MapValues[string, *console.PolicyConstraintAttributes](r.Constraints))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -114,12 +117,15 @@ func GenerateAPIConstraint(instance *unstructured.Unstructured, template *templa
 		},
 	}
 
-	if template.Annotations != nil {
+	if annotations := instance.GetAnnotations(); annotations != nil {
 		var bundleData BundleData
-		if d, ok := template.Annotations[bundleDataAnnotation]; ok {
-			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(d), &bundleData); err != nil {
+		if d, ok := annotations[bundleDataAnnotation]; ok {
+			fmt.Printf("found bundle data: %s\n", d)
+			if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(d), &bundleData); err != nil {
 				pca.Description = lo.ToPtr(bundleData.Description)
 				pca.Recommendation = lo.ToPtr(bundleData.Remediation)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("Could not parse bundle data %s\n", err.Error())
 			}
 		}
 	}