diff --git a/pkg/argocd/app-controller.go b/pkg/argocd/app-controller.go
index 3e95938..f5def20 100644
--- a/pkg/argocd/app-controller.go
+++ b/pkg/argocd/app-controller.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ func createApplicationControllerStatefulSet(ctx context.Context, clientset *kube
 	for k, v := range argoLabels {
 		labels[k] = v
 	}
+	annotations := argoAnnotations
 	statefulset := &appsv1.StatefulSet{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
+			Annotations: annotations,
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.StatefulSetSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
diff --git a/pkg/argocd/argocd.go b/pkg/argocd/argocd.go
index c82a7ac..402d8c4 100644
--- a/pkg/argocd/argocd.go
+++ b/pkg/argocd/argocd.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ var (
 	argoLabels = map[string]string{
 		"app.kubernetes.io/part-of":   "argocd",
 		"argocd.argoproj.io/instance": "argocd",
+		"steward.syn.tools/bootstrap": "true",
+	}
+	argoAnnotations = map[string]string{
+		"argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options": "Prune=false",
 	}
 	argoSSHSecretName     = "argo-ssh-key"
 	argoSSHPublicKey      = "sshPublicKey"
diff --git a/pkg/argocd/redis.go b/pkg/argocd/redis.go
index 2d33575..3434b97 100644
--- a/pkg/argocd/redis.go
+++ b/pkg/argocd/redis.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ func createRedisDeployment(ctx context.Context, clientset *kubernetes.Clientset,
 	for k, v := range argoLabels {
 		labels[k] = v
 	}
+	annotations := argoAnnotations
 	service := &corev1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
+			Annotations: annotations,
 		},
 		Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
 			Type: corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ func createRedisDeployment(ctx context.Context, clientset *kubernetes.Clientset,
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
+			Annotations: annotations,
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
diff --git a/pkg/argocd/repo-server.go b/pkg/argocd/repo-server.go
index b62c920..f3cd475 100644
--- a/pkg/argocd/repo-server.go
+++ b/pkg/argocd/repo-server.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ func createRepoServerDeployment(ctx context.Context, clientset *kubernetes.Clien
 	for k, v := range argoLabels {
 		labels[k] = v
 	}
+	annotations := argoAnnotations
 	service := &corev1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
+			Annotations: argoAnnotations,
 		},
 		Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
 			Type: corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ func createRepoServerDeployment(ctx context.Context, clientset *kubernetes.Clien
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
+			Annotations: annotations,
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
diff --git a/pkg/argocd/server.go b/pkg/argocd/server.go
index b6cd9c9..4ba00d3 100644
--- a/pkg/argocd/server.go
+++ b/pkg/argocd/server.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ func createServerDeployment(ctx context.Context, clientset *kubernetes.Clientset
 	for k, v := range argoLabels {
 		labels[k] = v
 	}
+	annotations := argoAnnotations
 	deployment := &appsv1.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
+			Annotations: annotations,
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{