diff --git a/pkg/frontend/kubeactions/kubeactions.go b/pkg/frontend/kubeactions/kubeactions.go
index 946344e97..1dddfe5f0 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/kubeactions/kubeactions.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/kubeactions/kubeactions.go
@@ -47,45 +47,49 @@ func New(log *logrus.Entry, env env.Interface) Interface {
 	}
 }
 
-func (ka *kubeactions) findGVR(apiresourcelist []*metav1.APIResourceList, groupKind, optionalVersion string) []*schema.GroupVersionResource {
+func (ka *kubeactions) findGVR(apiresourcelist []*metav1.APIResourceList, groupKind, optionalVersion string) ([]*schema.GroupVersionResource, error) {
 	var matches []*schema.GroupVersionResource
-
 	for _, apiresources := range apiresourcelist {
+		gv, err := schema.ParseGroupVersion(apiresources.GroupVersion)
+		if err != nil {
+			// this returns a fmt.Errorf which will result in a 500
+			// in this case, this seems correct as the GV in kubernetes is wrong
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if optionalVersion != "" && gv.Version != optionalVersion {
+			continue
+		}
 		for _, apiresource := range apiresources.APIResources {
-			if optionalVersion != "" && apiresource.Version != optionalVersion {
-				continue
-			}
-
 			if strings.ContainsRune(apiresource.Name, '/') { // no subresources
 				continue
 			}
 
 			gk := schema.GroupKind{
-				Group: apiresource.Group,
+				Group: gv.Group,
 				Kind:  apiresource.Kind,
 			}
 
 			if strings.EqualFold(gk.String(), groupKind) {
 				return []*schema.GroupVersionResource{
 					{
-						Group:    apiresource.Group,
-						Version:  apiresource.Version,
+						Group:    gv.Group,
+						Version:  gv.Version,
 						Resource: apiresource.Name,
 					},
-				}
+				}, nil
 			}
 
 			if strings.EqualFold(apiresource.Kind, groupKind) {
 				matches = append(matches, &schema.GroupVersionResource{
-					Group:    apiresource.Group,
-					Version:  apiresource.Version,
+					Group:    gv.Group,
+					Version:  gv.Version,
 					Resource: apiresource.Name,
 				})
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return matches
+	return matches, nil
 }
 
 func (ka *kubeactions) getClient(oc *api.OpenShiftCluster) (dynamic.Interface, []*metav1.APIResourceList, error) {
@@ -118,7 +122,10 @@ func (ka *kubeactions) Get(ctx context.Context, oc *api.OpenShiftCluster, groupK
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	gvrs := ka.findGVR(apiresources, groupKind, "")
+	gvrs, err := ka.findGVR(apiresources, groupKind, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	if len(gvrs) == 0 {
 		return nil, api.NewCloudError(http.StatusBadRequest, api.CloudErrorCodeInvalidParameter, "", "The groupKind '%s' was not found.", groupKind)
@@ -144,7 +151,10 @@ func (ka *kubeactions) List(ctx context.Context, oc *api.OpenShiftCluster, group
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	gvrs := ka.findGVR(apiresources, groupKind, "")
+	gvrs, err := ka.findGVR(apiresources, groupKind, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	if len(gvrs) == 0 {
 		return nil, api.NewCloudError(http.StatusBadRequest, api.CloudErrorCodeInvalidParameter, "", "The groupKind '%s' was not found.", groupKind)
@@ -175,7 +185,10 @@ func (ka *kubeactions) CreateOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, oc *api.OpenShiftClus
 		return err
 	}
 
-	gvrs := ka.findGVR(apiresources, groupKind, obj.GroupVersionKind().Version)
+	gvrs, err := ka.findGVR(apiresources, groupKind, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	if len(gvrs) == 0 {
 		return api.NewCloudError(http.StatusBadRequest, api.CloudErrorCodeInvalidParameter, "", "The groupKind '%s' was not found.", groupKind)
@@ -204,7 +217,10 @@ func (ka *kubeactions) Delete(ctx context.Context, oc *api.OpenShiftCluster, gro
 		return err
 	}
 
-	gvrs := ka.findGVR(apiresources, groupKind, "")
+	gvrs, err := ka.findGVR(apiresources, groupKind, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	if len(gvrs) == 0 {
 		return api.NewCloudError(http.StatusBadRequest, api.CloudErrorCodeInvalidParameter, "", "The groupKind '%s' was not found.", groupKind)
diff --git a/pkg/frontend/kubeactions/kubeactions_test.go b/pkg/frontend/kubeactions/kubeactions_test.go
index e2b64cb88..62039d3f1 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/kubeactions/kubeactions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/kubeactions/kubeactions_test.go
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ func TestFindGVR(t *testing.T) {
 		resources []*metav1.APIResourceList
 		kind      string
 		want      []*schema.GroupVersionResource
+		wantError string
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "find one",
 			resources: []*metav1.APIResourceList{
 				{
+					GroupVersion: "v1",
 					APIResources: []metav1.APIResource{
 						{
-							Name:    "configmaps",
-							Group:   "",
-							Version: "v1",
-							Kind:    "ConfigMap",
+							Name: "configmaps",
+							Kind: "ConfigMap",
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -39,22 +39,20 @@ func TestFindGVR(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "find best version",
 			resources: []*metav1.APIResourceList{
 				{
+					GroupVersion: "v1",
 					APIResources: []metav1.APIResource{
 						{
-							Name:    "configmaps",
-							Group:   "",
-							Version: "v1",
-							Kind:    "ConfigMap",
+							Name: "configmaps",
+							Kind: "ConfigMap",
 						},
 					},
 				},
 				{
+					GroupVersion: "v1beta1",
 					APIResources: []metav1.APIResource{
 						{
-							Name:    "configmaps",
-							Group:   "",
-							Version: "v1beta1",
-							Kind:    "ConfigMap",
+							Name: "configmaps",
+							Kind: "ConfigMap",
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -66,12 +64,11 @@ func TestFindGVR(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "find full group.resource",
 			resources: []*metav1.APIResourceList{
 				{
+					GroupVersion: "metal3.io/v1alpha1",
 					APIResources: []metav1.APIResource{
 						{
-							Name:    "baremetalhosts",
-							Group:   "metal3.io",
-							Version: "v1alpha1",
-							Kind:    "BareMetalHost",
+							Name: "baremetalhosts",
+							Kind: "BareMetalHost",
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -83,12 +80,11 @@ func TestFindGVR(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "no sub.resources",
 			resources: []*metav1.APIResourceList{
 				{
+					GroupVersion: "metal3.io/v1alpha1",
 					APIResources: []metav1.APIResource{
 						{
-							Name:    "baremetalhosts/status",
-							Group:   "metal3.io",
-							Version: "v1alpha1",
-							Kind:    "BareMetalHost",
+							Name: "baremetalhosts/status",
+							Kind: "BareMetalHost",
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -103,22 +99,20 @@ func TestFindGVR(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "find all kinds",
 			resources: []*metav1.APIResourceList{
 				{
+					GroupVersion: "metal3.io/v1alpha1",
 					APIResources: []metav1.APIResource{
 						{
-							Name:    "baremetalhosts",
-							Group:   "metal3.io",
-							Version: "v1alpha1",
-							Kind:    "BareMetalHost",
+							Name: "baremetalhosts",
+							Kind: "BareMetalHost",
 						},
 					},
 				},
 				{
+					GroupVersion: "plastic.io/v1alpha1",
 					APIResources: []metav1.APIResource{
 						{
-							Name:    "plastichosts",
-							Group:   "plastic.io",
-							Version: "v1alpha1",
-							Kind:    "BareMetalHost",
+							Name: "plastichosts",
+							Kind: "BareMetalHost",
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -135,7 +129,11 @@ func TestFindGVR(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			ka := &kubeactions{}
 
-			got := ka.findGVR(tt.resources, tt.kind, "")
+			got, err := ka.findGVR(tt.resources, tt.kind, "")
+			if err != nil && err.Error() != tt.wantError ||
+				err == nil && tt.wantError != "" {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
 				t.Error(got)
 			}