diff --git a/src/istio/common/chart/templates/exemptions.yaml b/src/istio/common/chart/templates/exemptions.yaml
index 99ae99758d..0a67488b96 100644
--- a/src/istio/common/chart/templates/exemptions.yaml
+++ b/src/istio/common/chart/templates/exemptions.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
-
 apiVersion: uds.dev/v1alpha1
 kind: Exemption
 metadata:
diff --git a/src/istio/common/chart/values.yaml b/src/istio/common/chart/values.yaml
index 5ea6842780..a49b3f85e6 100644
--- a/src/istio/common/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/src/istio/common/chart/values.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ classificationBanner:
   # - keycloak.{{ .Values.adminDomain }}
   # - sso.{{ .Values.domain }}
   # - grafana.admin.uds.dev
-
 domain: "###ZARF_VAR_DOMAIN###"
 # Note: This does not handle an empty admin domain zarf var
 adminDomain: "###ZARF_VAR_ADMIN_DOMAIN###"
diff --git a/tasks.yaml b/tasks.yaml
index 687369b20a..66e44355b4 100644
--- a/tasks.yaml
+++ b/tasks.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ tasks:
       - description: "Create the dev cluster"
         task: setup:create-k3d-cluster
 
+      - description: "Register CRDs in cluster"
+        cmd: npx ts-node -e "import { registerCRDs } from './src/pepr/operator/crd/register'; registerCRDs()"
+        env:
+          - "PEPR_MODE=dev"
+
       # Note: the `registry-url` flag used here requires uds 0.19.2+
       - description: "Deploy the Istio source package with Zarf Dev"
         cmd: "uds zarf dev deploy src/istio --flavor upstream --registry-url docker.io --no-progress"