diff --git a/cmd/glbc/app/clients.go b/cmd/glbc/app/clients.go
index 4940d9108d..9f6ca7bdf7 100644
--- a/cmd/glbc/app/clients.go
+++ b/cmd/glbc/app/clients.go
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ const (
 	cloudClientRetryInterval = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
-// NewKubeConfig returns a Kubernetes client config given the command line settings.
-func NewKubeConfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
-	config, err := newKubeConfig()
+// NewKubeConfigForProtobuf returns a Kubernetes client config that uses protobufs
+// for given the command line settings.
+func NewKubeConfigForProtobuf() (*rest.Config, error) {
+	config, err := NewKubeConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ func NewKubeConfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
 	return config, nil
 }
 
-func newKubeConfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
+// NewKubeConfig returns a Kubernetes client config given the command line settings.
+func NewKubeConfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
 	if flags.F.InCluster {
 		klog.V(0).Infof("Using in cluster configuration")
 		return rest.InClusterConfig()
diff --git a/cmd/glbc/main.go b/cmd/glbc/main.go
index 1cc25e407c..32d1cc8386 100644
--- a/cmd/glbc/main.go
+++ b/cmd/glbc/main.go
@@ -70,28 +70,36 @@ func main() {
 
 	klog.V(2).Infof("Flags = %+v", flags.F)
 	defer klog.Flush()
-	kubeConfig, err := app.NewKubeConfig()
+	// Create kube-config that uses protobufs to communicate with API server.
+	kubeConfigForProtobuf, err := app.NewKubeConfigForProtobuf()
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("Failed to create kubernetes client config: %v", err)
+		klog.Fatalf("Failed to create kubernetes client config for protobuf: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	kubeClient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(kubeConfig)
+	kubeClient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(kubeConfigForProtobuf)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("Failed to create kubernetes client: %v", err)
 	}
 	var dynamicClient dynamic.Interface
 	if flags.F.EnableCSM {
-		dynamicClient, err = dynamic.NewForConfig(kubeConfig)
+		dynamicClient, err = dynamic.NewForConfig(kubeConfigForProtobuf)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Fatalf("Failed to create kubernetes dynamic client: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 	// Due to scaling issues, leader election must be configured with a separate k8s client.
-	leaderElectKubeClient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(restclient.AddUserAgent(kubeConfig, "leader-election"))
+	leaderElectKubeClient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(restclient.AddUserAgent(kubeConfigForProtobuf, "leader-election"))
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("Failed to create kubernetes client for leader election: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// Create kube-config for CRDs.
+	// TODO(smatti): Migrate to use protobuf once CRD supports.
+	kubeConfig, err := app.NewKubeConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Fatalf("Failed to create kubernetes client config: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	var backendConfigClient backendconfigclient.Interface
 	crdClient, err := crdclient.NewForConfig(kubeConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index bd93c9d30c..27871ddd37 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -197,18 +197,21 @@ func NewLoadBalancerController(
 	// BackendConfig event handlers.
 	ctx.BackendConfigInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
+			klog.V(3).Infof("obj(type %T) added", obj)
 			beConfig := obj.(*backendconfigv1beta1.BackendConfig)
 			ings := operator.Ingresses(ctx.Ingresses().List()).ReferencesBackendConfig(beConfig, operator.Services(ctx.Services().List())).AsList()
 			lbc.ingQueue.Enqueue(convert(ings)...)
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) {
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(old, cur) {
+				klog.V(3).Infof("obj(type %T) updated", cur)
 				beConfig := cur.(*backendconfigv1beta1.BackendConfig)
 				ings := operator.Ingresses(ctx.Ingresses().List()).ReferencesBackendConfig(beConfig, operator.Services(ctx.Services().List())).AsList()
 				lbc.ingQueue.Enqueue(convert(ings)...)
 			}
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
+			klog.V(3).Infof("obj(type %T) deleted", obj)
 			var beConfig *backendconfigv1beta1.BackendConfig
 			var ok, beOk bool
 			beConfig, ok = obj.(*backendconfigv1beta1.BackendConfig)