diff --git a/utils/resources.sh b/utils/resources.sh
index f2d836fd..0fec1761 100644
--- a/utils/resources.sh
+++ b/utils/resources.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pull_replicas() {
     app_name="$1"
 
     # First Check
-    replica_info=$(midclt call chart.release.get_instance "$app_name" | jq '.config.controller.replicas // .config.workload.main.replicas')
+    replica_info=$(midclt call chart.release.get_instance "$app_name" | jq '.config.workload.main.replicas // .config.controller.replicas')
 
     # Second Check if First Check returns null or 0
     if [[ "$replica_info" == "null" || "$replica_info" == "0" ]]; then
diff --git a/utils/start_app.sh b/utils/start_app.sh
index 9feb3207..bef767bf 100644
--- a/utils/start_app.sh
+++ b/utils/start_app.sh
@@ -18,28 +18,33 @@ start_app(){
 
     # Check if app is a cnpg instance, or an operator instance
     output=$(check_filtered_apps "$app_name")
-    # Remove this first if statement after a while
-    # it is only here to deal with previous errors for a while
-    if [[ $output == *"${app_name},official"* ]]; then
-        replicas=$(pull_replicas "$app_name")
-        if ! cli -c 'app chart_release scale release_name='\""$app_name"\"\ 'scale_options={"replica_count": '"$replicas}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+
+    replicas=$(pull_replicas "$app_name")
+    if [[ -z "$replicas" || "$replicas" == "null" ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $output == *"${app_name},stopAll-"* ]]; then
+        ix_apps_pool=$(get_apps_pool)
+        if [[ -z "$ix_apps_pool" ]]; then
             return 1
         fi
-    elif [[ $output == *"${app_name},stopAll-"* ]]; then
-        ix_apps_pool=$(get_apps_pool)
 
         latest_version=$(midclt call chart.release.get_instance "$app_name" | jq -r ".chart_metadata.version")
+        if [[ -z "$latest_version" ]]; then
+            return 1
+        fi
 
         if ! helm upgrade -n "ix-$app_name" "$app_name" \
             "/mnt/$ix_apps_pool/ix-applications/releases/$app_name/charts/$latest_version" \
             --kubeconfig "/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml" \
             --reuse-values \
+            --set replicaCount="$replicas" \
             --set global.stopAll=false > /dev/null 2>&1; then 
             return 1
         fi
 
     else
-        replicas=$(pull_replicas "$app_name")
         if ! cli -c 'app chart_release scale release_name='\""$app_name"\"\ 'scale_options={"replica_count": '"$replicas}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
             return 1
         fi
diff --git a/utils/stop_app.sh b/utils/stop_app.sh
index 90faf109..198c6982 100644
--- a/utils/stop_app.sh
+++ b/utils/stop_app.sh
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ stop_app() {
     # Check if the output contains the desired namespace and "cnpg" or "operator"
     if echo "$output" | grep -q "${app_name},operator"; then
         return 3
-    # Remove in the future.
-    # This is here for my mistake on handling non-truecharts apps
-    elif echo "$output" | grep -q "${app_name},official"; then 
-        timeout "${timeout}s" cli -c 'app chart_release scale release_name='\""$app_name"\"\ 'scale_options={"replica_count": '"0}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-        handle_timeout $?
     elif echo "$output" | grep -q "${app_name},stopAll-*"; then
         timeout "${timeout}s" cli -c "app chart_release update chart_release=\"$app_name\" values={\"global\": {\"stopAll\": true}}" > /dev/null 2>&1
         handle_timeout $?