diff --git a/controllers/cluster_controller_test.go b/controllers/cluster_controller_test.go
index 7c93420d..7e487fcb 100644
--- a/controllers/cluster_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/cluster_controller_test.go
@@ -587,36 +587,38 @@ var _ = Describe("cluster_controller", func() {
 				Expect(k8sClient.Update(context.TODO(), cluster)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			})
 
-			It("should replace the targeted Pod and update the cluster status", func() {
-				pods := &corev1.PodList{}
-				Expect(k8sClient.List(context.TODO(), pods, getListOptions(cluster)...)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				Expect(pods.Items).To(HaveLen(17))
+			When("the pod is in a healthy state", func() {
+				It("should replace the targeted Pod and update the cluster status", func() {
+					pods := &corev1.PodList{}
+					Expect(k8sClient.List(context.TODO(), pods, getListOptions(cluster)...)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(pods.Items).To(HaveLen(17))
 
-				Expect(getProcessClassMap(cluster, pods.Items)).To(Equal(map[fdbv1beta2.ProcessClass]int{
-					fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassStorage:           4,
-					fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassLog:               4,
-					fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassStateless:         8,
-					fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassClusterController: 1,
-				}))
+					Expect(getProcessClassMap(cluster, pods.Items)).To(Equal(map[fdbv1beta2.ProcessClass]int{
+						fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassStorage:           4,
+						fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassLog:               4,
+						fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassStateless:         8,
+						fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassClusterController: 1,
+					}))
 
-				processGroupIDs := make([]string, 17)
-				for idx, pod := range pods.Items {
-					processGroupIDs[idx] = pod.Labels[fdbv1beta2.FDBProcessGroupIDLabel]
-				}
-				Expect(processGroupIDs).NotTo(ContainElements(string(replacedProcessGroup.ProcessGroupID)))
+					processGroupIDs := make([]string, 17)
+					for idx, pod := range pods.Items {
+						processGroupIDs[idx] = pod.Labels[fdbv1beta2.FDBProcessGroupIDLabel]
+					}
+					Expect(processGroupIDs).NotTo(ContainElements(string(replacedProcessGroup.ProcessGroupID)))
 
-				// Should change the connection string
-				Expect(cluster.Status.ConnectionString).NotTo(Equal(originalConnectionString))
+					// Should change the connection string
+					Expect(cluster.Status.ConnectionString).NotTo(Equal(originalConnectionString))
 
-				// Should remove the process group
-				Expect(fdbv1beta2.ContainsProcessGroupID(cluster.Status.ProcessGroups, replacedProcessGroup.ProcessGroupID)).To(BeFalse())
+					// Should remove the process group
+					Expect(fdbv1beta2.ContainsProcessGroupID(cluster.Status.ProcessGroups, replacedProcessGroup.ProcessGroupID)).To(BeFalse())
 
-				// Should exclude and re-include the process
-				adminClient, err := mock.NewMockAdminClientUncast(cluster, k8sClient)
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				Expect(adminClient).NotTo(BeNil())
-				Expect(adminClient.ExcludedAddresses).To(BeEmpty())
-				Expect(adminClient.ReincludedAddresses).To(HaveKeyWithValue(replacedProcessGroup.Addresses[0], true))
+					// Should exclude and re-include the process
+					adminClient, err := mock.NewMockAdminClientUncast(cluster, k8sClient)
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(adminClient).NotTo(BeNil())
+					Expect(adminClient.ExcludedAddresses).To(BeEmpty())
+					Expect(adminClient.ReincludedAddresses).To(HaveKeyWithValue(replacedProcessGroup.Addresses[0], true))
+				})
 			})
 
 			When("a pod is stuck in terminating", func() {
@@ -738,7 +740,7 @@ var _ = Describe("cluster_controller", func() {
 				})
 			})
 
-			Context("with a removal with no exclusion", func() {
+			When("the pod should be removed without an exclusion", func() {
 				BeforeEach(func() {
 					pod := &corev1.Pod{}
 					Expect(k8sClient.Get(context.Background(), client.ObjectKey{Name: replacedProcessGroup.GetPodName(cluster), Namespace: cluster.Namespace}, pod))
diff --git a/controllers/suite_test.go b/controllers/suite_test.go
index aaa1f0f0..2b3dbd92 100644
--- a/controllers/suite_test.go
+++ b/controllers/suite_test.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ var _ = AfterEach(func() {
 	k8sClient.Clear()
 	mock.ClearMockAdminClients()
 	mock.ClearMockLockClients()
+	clusterReconciler.InSimulation = true
 })
 
 func createDefaultRestore(cluster *fdbv1beta2.FoundationDBCluster) *fdbv1beta2.FoundationDBRestore {
diff --git a/pkg/fdbadminclient/mock/admin_client_mock.go b/pkg/fdbadminclient/mock/admin_client_mock.go
index 402d4b15..696e2b23 100644
--- a/pkg/fdbadminclient/mock/admin_client_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/fdbadminclient/mock/admin_client_mock.go
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ func (client *AdminClient) ExcludeProcesses(addresses []fdbv1beta2.ProcessAddres
 		address := pAddr.String()
 		client.ExcludedAddresses[address] = fdbv1beta2.None{}
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -589,13 +590,14 @@ func (client *AdminClient) IncludeProcesses(addresses []fdbv1beta2.ProcessAddres
 	defer adminClientMutex.Unlock()
 
 	for _, address := range addresses {
-		address := address.String()
-		_, ok := client.ExcludedAddresses[address]
+		addr := address.String()
+		_, ok := client.ExcludedAddresses[addr]
 		if ok {
-			client.ReincludedAddresses[address] = true
-			delete(client.ExcludedAddresses, address)
+			client.ReincludedAddresses[addr] = true
+			delete(client.ExcludedAddresses, addr)
 		}
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }