diff --git a/hack/generate_globalnode.sh b/hack/generate_globalnode.sh
index 4862d47cd..cddea714a 100755
--- a/hack/generate_globalnode.sh
+++ b/hack/generate_globalnode.sh
@@ -5,20 +5,36 @@ if [ -z "$KUBECONFIG" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Creating a directory for logs
+mkdir -p kube_apply_logs
+
 nodes=$(kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}')
 for node in ${nodes}; do
     nodeIP=$(kubectl get node ${node} -o jsonpath='{.status.addresses[0].address}')
     labels=$(kubectl get node ${node} -o jsonpath='{.metadata.labels}')
-    labelsFormatted=$(echo "$labels" | jq -r 'to_entries | .[] | "  \(.key): \(.value)"')
-    echo "
+
+    # Use jq to ensure all values are strings, but also explicitly add quotes in the YAML formatting step below
+    labelsFormatted=$(echo "$labels" | jq -r 'to_entries | map(.value |= tostring) | .[] | "  \(.key): \"\(.value)\""')
+
+    yamlContent="
 apiVersion: kosmos.io/v1alpha1
 kind: GlobalNode
 metadata:
   name: ${node}
 spec:
+  state: \"reserved\"
   nodeIP: \"${nodeIP}\"
   labels:
-$(echo "${labelsFormatted}" | sed 's/=/": "/g' | awk '{print "    " $0}')
-" | kubectl apply -f -
+$(echo "${labelsFormatted}" | awk '{print "    " $0}')
+"
+
+    # Log the YAML content to a file for inspection
+    echo "$yamlContent" > kube_apply_logs/${node}.yaml
+
+    # Apply the YAML
+    echo "$yamlContent" | kubectl apply -f -
+
+    # clear resources
+    rm -rf kube_apply_logs
 
 done