diff --git a/cmd/ccm/main.go b/cmd/ccm/main.go
index d583ad1..fe12e17 100644
--- a/cmd/ccm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ccm/main.go
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableSecretSynchronizer, "enable-secret-synchronizer", false, "Enable to automatically convert Secrets labelled with `kubelb.k8c.io/managed-by: kubelb` to Sync Secrets.  This is used to sync secrets from tenants to the LB cluster in a controlled and secure way.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableGatewayAPI, "enable-gateway-api", false, "Enable the Gateway APIs and controllers. By default Gateway API is disabled since without Gateway API CRDs installed the controller cannot start.")
 
-	if enableGatewayAPI {
-		utilruntime.Must(gwapiv1.Install(scheme))
-	}
-
-	disableGatewayAPI := !enableGatewayAPI
-
 	opts := zap.Options{
 		Development: false,
 		TimeEncoder: zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder,
@@ -119,6 +113,12 @@ func main() {
 	opts.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if enableGatewayAPI {
+		utilruntime.Must(gwapiv1.Install(scheme))
+	}
+
+	disableGatewayAPI := !enableGatewayAPI
+
 	kubeconfig = flag.Lookup("kubeconfig").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(string)
 
 	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&opts)))
diff --git a/cmd/kubelb/main.go b/cmd/kubelb/main.go
index 5a92768..37c15ad 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelb/main.go
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ func main() {
 		flag.StringVar(&opt.kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Path to a kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
 	}
 
-	if opt.enableGatewayAPI {
-		utilruntime.Must(gwapiv1.Install(scheme))
-	}
-
-	disableGatewayAPI := !opt.enableGatewayAPI
-
 	if len(opt.namespace) == 0 {
 		// Retrieve controller namespace
 		ns, _ := os.LookupEnv("NAMESPACE")
@@ -105,6 +99,12 @@ func main() {
 	opts.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if opt.enableGatewayAPI {
+		utilruntime.Must(gwapiv1.Install(scheme))
+	}
+
+	disableGatewayAPI := !opt.enableGatewayAPI
+
 	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&opts)))
 	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
 		Scheme:                        scheme,