diff --git a/controllers/spifftemplatedoc.go b/controllers/spifftemplatedoc.go
index 2dc3f551..d0121ac6 100644
--- a/controllers/spifftemplatedoc.go
+++ b/controllers/spifftemplatedoc.go
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/pkg/yqlib"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm/ocmutils/localize"
 	ocmruntime "ocm.software/ocm/api/utils/runtime"
+	ocm_yqlib "ocm.software/ocm/api/utils/yqlib"
 )
 
 // Key we store spiff rules under within spiff template doc.
 const ocmAdjustmentsTemplateKey = "ocmAdjustmentsTemplateKey"
 
+func init() {
+	ocm_yqlib.InitYq()
+}
+
 // makeYqNode unmarshalls bytes into a CandidateNode
 // In order to make debugging easier later during yaml processing we take in
 // file name, document index and file index values which are then set on