diff --git a/internal/controller/labelgroup_controller.go b/internal/controller/labelgroup_controller.go
index 6938868..260eba0 100644
--- a/internal/controller/labelgroup_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/labelgroup_controller.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -179,6 +180,17 @@ func (r *LabelGroupReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 		r.Logger.V(5).Info(fmt.Sprintf("[Reconcile] podNames: %s", podNames))             // trace
 		r.Logger.V(5).Info(fmt.Sprintf("[Reconcile] namespaceNames: %s", namespaceNames)) // trace
 
+		podsInNamespaces, err := r.filterPodsInNamespace(ctx, labelGroup.Namespace, labelGroup.Status.KubernetesLabels)
+
+		// r.Logger.V(5).Info(fmt.Sprintf("[Reconcile] podNames: %s", podsInNamespaces)) // trace
+
+		var printPodNames []string
+		for _, pod := range podsInNamespaces {
+			printPodNames = append(printPodNames, pod.Name)
+		}
+
+		r.Logger.V(5).Info(fmt.Sprintf("[Reconcile] podNames: %s", strings.Join(printPodNames, ", ")))
+
 		if err != nil || len(podNames) == 0 || len(namespaceNames) == 0 {
 			r.Logger.V(0).Error(err, "[Reconcile] Couldn't get pods for the labels provided.")
 			r.Logger.V(5).Info(fmt.Sprintf("[Reconcile] labelGroup: %#v", labelGroup)) // trace
diff --git a/internal/controller/resource_manager.go b/internal/controller/resource_manager.go
index 67c7ad3..8c6338c 100644
--- a/internal/controller/resource_manager.go
+++ b/internal/controller/resource_manager.go
@@ -24,8 +24,25 @@ import (
 
 	susqlv1 "github.com/sustainable-computing-io/susql-operator/api/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 )
 
+func (r *LabelGroupReconciler) filterPodsInNamespace(ctx context.Context, namespace string, labelSelector map[string]string) ([]v1.Pod, error) {
+	// Initialize list options with label selector
+	listOptions := &client.ListOptions{
+		Namespace:     namespace,
+		LabelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(labelSelector)),
+	}
+
+	// List pods in the specified namespace with label selector applied
+	var podList v1.PodList
+	if err := r.Client.List(ctx, &podList, listOptions); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return podList.Items, nil
+}
+
 // Functions to get data from the cluster
 func (r *LabelGroupReconciler) GetPodNamesMatchingLabels(ctx context.Context, labelGroup *susqlv1.LabelGroup) ([]string, []string, error) {
 	pods := &v1.PodList{}