diff --git a/applications/kustomization.yaml b/applications/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d6acc5e..0000000
--- a/applications/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  # add-ons
-  - add-ons/traefik.yaml
-  # services
-  - services/app-autoregexbot.yaml
diff --git a/applications/services/app-betterslcm.yaml b/applications/services/app-betterslcm.yaml.bk
similarity index 100%
rename from applications/services/app-betterslcm.yaml
rename to applications/services/app-betterslcm.yaml.bk
diff --git a/applications/services/app-scriptscribe.yaml b/applications/services/app-scriptscribe.yaml.bk
similarity index 100%
rename from applications/services/app-scriptscribe.yaml
rename to applications/services/app-scriptscribe.yaml.bk
diff --git a/bootstrap/argocd-root-app/root-app.yaml b/bootstrap/argocd-root-app/root-app.yaml
index f89e1a3..16b3e65 100644
--- a/bootstrap/argocd-root-app/root-app.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/argocd-root-app/root-app.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ spec:
   source:
     repoURL: https://gitea.whyredfire.tech/whyredfire/gitops.git
     targetRevision: main
-    path: applications
+    path: applications/
+    directory:
+      recurse: true
   destination:
     server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
     namespace: argocd