diff --git a/ack-system/base/user-config-cm.yaml b/ack-system/base/user-config-cm.yaml
index 44d0522f..4258fb2f 100644
--- a/ack-system/base/user-config-cm.yaml
+++ b/ack-system/base/user-config-cm.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ data:
   AWS_ENDPOINT_URL: ""
   ENABLE_LEADER_ELECTION: "true"
   LEADER_ELECTION_NAMESPACE: ""
+  RECONCILE_DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENT_SYNCS: "1"
diff --git a/ack-system/scripts/setup.sh b/ack-system/scripts/setup.sh
index b192d2e8..b30ff727 100755
--- a/ack-system/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/ack-system/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ ocp_aws_get_key(){
 }
 
 # create secrets for ack controllers
-aws_setup_ack_system(){
+ocp_aws_setup_ack_system(){
   NAMESPACE=ack-system
 
+  ocp_aws_get_key
+
   setup_namespace "${NAMESPACE}"
 
   oc apply -k ../"${NAMESPACE}"/aggregate/popular
@@ -50,9 +52,8 @@ aws_setup_ack_system(){
 
     < ../ack-${type}-controller/operator/overlays/alpha/user-secrets-secret.yaml \
       sed "s@UPDATE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID@${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}@; s@UPDATE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY@${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}@" | \
-      oc -n ${NAMESPACE} apply -f -
+      oc -n "${NAMESPACE}" apply -f -
   done
 }
 
-ocp_aws_get_key
-aws_setup_ack_system
+ocp_aws_setup_ack_system