diff --git a/pkg/ingressroute/ingressroute.go b/pkg/ingressroute/ingressroute.go
index b5df5f3..9b2310b 100644
--- a/pkg/ingressroute/ingressroute.go
+++ b/pkg/ingressroute/ingressroute.go
@@ -51,26 +51,9 @@ func (i *ingressRouteClient) Watch(stopCh chan struct{}) {
 	_, err := informer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 			key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(obj)
-			if err != nil {
-				return
+			if err == nil {
+				queue.Add(event{key: key, eventType: watch.Added})
 			}
-
-			convObj, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(obj)
-			if err != nil {
-				return
-			}
-
-			rawRoutes, found, err := unstructured.NestedSlice(convObj, "spec", "routes")
-			if err != nil || !found {
-				return
-			}
-
-			routes, err := routeInterfaceToMapSlice(rawRoutes)
-			if err != nil {
-				return
-			}
-
-			queue.Add(event{key: key, eventType: watch.Added, routes: routes})
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(_, newObj interface{}) {
 			key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(newObj)
@@ -96,12 +79,12 @@ func (i *ingressRouteClient) Watch(stopCh chan struct{}) {
 	go informer.Run(stopCh)
 
 	wait.Until(func() {
-		for i.processNextItem(queue) {
+		for i.processNextItem(queue, informer) {
 		}
 	}, time.Second, stopCh)
 }
 
-func (i *ingressRouteClient) processNextItem(queue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingInterface[any]) bool {
+func (i *ingressRouteClient) processNextItem(queue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingInterface[any], informer cache.SharedInformer) bool {
 	item, quit := queue.Get()
 	if quit {
 		return false
@@ -122,10 +105,44 @@ func (i *ingressRouteClient) processNextItem(queue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingIn
 		return true
 	}
 
+	obj, exists, err := informer.GetStore().GetByKey(event.key)
+	if err != nil || !exists {
+		log.Printf("Failed to retrieve object for key %s: %v", event.key, err)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	convObj, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to convert unstructured object for key %s: %v", event.key, err)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	rawRoutes, found, err := unstructured.NestedSlice(convObj, "spec", "routes")
+	if err != nil || !found {
+		log.Printf("No routes found for key %s", event.key)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	secretName, found, err := unstructured.NestedString(convObj, "spec", "tls", "secretName")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to scrape secret name for %s: %v", event.key, err)
+		return true
+	}
+	if !found {
+		log.Printf("No secret name found, using ingressroute name %s", name)
+		secretName = name
+	}
+
+	routes, err := routeInterfaceToMapSlice(rawRoutes)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to convert routes for key %s: %v", event.key, err)
+		return true
+	}
+
 	//nolint:exhaustive // ignore missing switch cases
 	switch event.eventType {
 	case watch.Added, watch.Modified:
-		createErr := i.client.certmanager.Certificates.Create(context.Background(), namespace, name, event.routes)
+		createErr := i.client.certmanager.Certificates.Create(context.Background(), namespace, secretName, routes)
 		if createErr != nil {
 			if errors.Is(createErr, certmanager.ErrCertificateAlreadyExist) {
 				log.Printf("Certificate %s for %s already exists", secretName, event.key)
@@ -134,7 +151,7 @@ func (i *ingressRouteClient) processNextItem(queue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingIn
 			}
 		}
 	case watch.Deleted:
-		if deleteErr := i.client.certmanager.Certificates.Delete(context.Background(), namespace, name); deleteErr != nil {
+		if deleteErr := i.client.certmanager.Certificates.Delete(context.Background(), namespace, secretName); deleteErr != nil {
 			log.Printf("Failed to delete certificate %s: %v", event.key, deleteErr)
 		}
 	}
@@ -145,7 +162,6 @@ func (i *ingressRouteClient) processNextItem(queue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingIn
 type event struct {
 	key       string
 	eventType watch.EventType
-	routes    []map[string]interface{}
 }
 
 func routeInterfaceToMapSlice(input []interface{}) ([]map[string]interface{}, error) {