diff --git a/deploy/applications.yaml b/deploy/applications.yaml
index 9a5d6fd..8b04abe 100644
--- a/deploy/applications.yaml
+++ b/deploy/applications.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: k8s-poc-demo
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec:
   destination:
     server: https://kubernetes.default.svc