diff --git a/apis/datadoghq/v2alpha1/datadogagent_default.go b/apis/datadoghq/v2alpha1/datadogagent_default.go
index e3f94a5b6..8c76763a3 100644
--- a/apis/datadoghq/v2alpha1/datadogagent_default.go
+++ b/apis/datadoghq/v2alpha1/datadogagent_default.go
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ const (
 
 	// defaultPrometheusScrapeEnabled                bool = false
 	defaultPrometheusScrapeEnableServiceEndpoints bool = false
-
-	// defaultDatadogMonitorEnabled bool = false
 )
 
 // DefaultDatadogAgent defaults the DatadogAgentSpec GlobalConfig and Features.
diff --git a/controllers/datadogagent/controller_reconcile_v2.go b/controllers/datadogagent/controller_reconcile_v2.go
index 5572395bc..493a54394 100644
--- a/controllers/datadogagent/controller_reconcile_v2.go
+++ b/controllers/datadogagent/controller_reconcile_v2.go
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ func (r *Reconciler) internalReconcileV2(ctx context.Context, request reconcile.
 		}
 	*/
 
-	return r.reconcileInstanceV2(ctx, reqLogger, instance)
+	// Set default values for GlobalConfig and Features
+	instanceCopy := instance.DeepCopy()
+	datadoghqv2alpha1.DefaultDatadogAgent(instanceCopy)
+
+	return r.reconcileInstanceV2(ctx, reqLogger, instanceCopy)
 }
 
 func (r *Reconciler) reconcileInstanceV2(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, instance *datadoghqv2alpha1.DatadogAgent) (reconcile.Result, error) {
diff --git a/controllers/datadogagent/dependencies/store.go b/controllers/datadogagent/dependencies/store.go
index 4b59411c7..3368e7f9b 100644
--- a/controllers/datadogagent/dependencies/store.go
+++ b/controllers/datadogagent/dependencies/store.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-operator/pkg/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -198,16 +199,23 @@ func (ds *Store) Apply(ctx context.Context, k8sClient client.Client) []error {
 			err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, objNSName, objAPIServer)
 			if err != nil && apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				ds.logger.V(2).Info("dependencies.store Add object to create", "obj.namespace", objStore.GetNamespace(), "obj.name", objStore.GetName(), "obj.kind", kind)
-				objsToCreate = append(objsToCreate, ds.deps[kind][objID])
+				objsToCreate = append(objsToCreate, objStore)
 				continue
 			} else if err != nil {
 				errs = append(errs, err)
 				continue
 			}
 
+			// ServicesKind is a special case; the cluster IPs are immutable and resource version must be set.
+			if kind == kubernetes.ServicesKind {
+				objStore.(*v1.Service).Spec.ClusterIP = objAPIServer.(*v1.Service).Spec.ClusterIP
+				objStore.(*v1.Service).Spec.ClusterIPs = objAPIServer.(*v1.Service).Spec.ClusterIPs
+				objStore.SetResourceVersion(objAPIServer.GetResourceVersion())
+			}
+
 			if !equality.IsEqualObject(kind, objStore, objAPIServer) {
 				ds.logger.V(2).Info("dependencies.store Add object to update", "obj.namespace", objStore.GetNamespace(), "obj.name", objStore.GetName(), "obj.kind", kind)
-				objsToUpdate = append(objsToUpdate, ds.deps[kind][objID])
+				objsToUpdate = append(objsToUpdate, objStore)
 				continue
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/docs/how-to-contribute.md b/docs/how-to-contribute.md
index d5a34e0e6..f628b05e6 100644
--- a/docs/how-to-contribute.md
+++ b/docs/how-to-contribute.md
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ export DD_API_KEY=<api-key>
 export DD_APP_KEY=<app-key>
 export DD_TOKEN=<32-chars-token>
 
-kubectl -n $KUBE_NAMESPACE create secret generic datadog-secret --from-literal api-key=$DD_API_KEY --from-literal app-key=$DD_APP_KEY --from-literal token=$DD_TOKEN
+kubectl -n $KUBE_NAMESPACE create secret generic datadog-secret --from-literal api-key=$DD_API_KEY --from-literal app-key=$DD_APP_KEY
+
+
+kubectl -n $KUBE_NAMESPACE create secret generic datadog-token --from-literal token=$DD_TOKEN
+
 
 kubectl -n $KUBE_NAMESPACE  apply -f `examples/v2alpha1/min.yaml`
 ```