diff --git a/internal/cnpgi/operator/lifecycle.go b/internal/cnpgi/operator/lifecycle.go
index e29aa1c..34ca43f 100644
--- a/internal/cnpgi/operator/lifecycle.go
+++ b/internal/cnpgi/operator/lifecycle.go
@@ -336,7 +336,15 @@ func InjectPluginSidecarPodSpec(
 		if spec.Containers[i].Name == mainContainerName {
 			volumeMounts = spec.Containers[i].VolumeMounts
 			mainContainerFound = true
-		} else if spec.Containers[i].Name == sidecar.Name {
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !mainContainerFound {
+		return errors.New("main container not found")
+	}
+
+	for i := range spec.InitContainers {
+		if spec.InitContainers[i].Name == sidecar.Name {
 			sidecarContainerFound = true
 		}
 	}
@@ -346,10 +354,6 @@ func InjectPluginSidecarPodSpec(
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if !mainContainerFound {
-		return errors.New("main container not found")
-	}
-
 	// Do not modify the passed sidecar definition
 	if injectMainContainerVolumes {
 		sidecar.VolumeMounts = append(sidecar.VolumeMounts, volumeMounts...)
diff --git a/scripts/run.sh b/scripts/run.sh
index 0dceefb..6e88bc8 100755
--- a/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/run.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ MYTMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 trap 'rm -rf -- "$MYTMPDIR"' EXIT
 
 current_context=$(kubectl config view --raw -o json | jq -r '."current-context"' | sed "s/kind-//")
-operator_image=$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="$current_context" KO_DOCKER_REPO=kind.local ko build -BP ./cmd/operator)
-instance_image=$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="$current_context" KO_DOCKER_REPO=kind.local KO_DEFAULTBASEIMAGE="ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:17.0" ko build -BP ./cmd/instance)
+operator_image=$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="$current_context" KO_DOCKER_REPO=kind.local ko build -BP ./cmd/manager)
+instance_image=$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="$current_context" KO_DOCKER_REPO=kind.local KO_DEFAULTBASEIMAGE="ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:17.0" ko build -BP ./cmd/manager)
 
 # Now we deploy the plugin inside the `cnpg-system` workspace
 (