diff --git a/cmd/nfd-master/main.go b/cmd/nfd-master/main.go
index dba7da4f1b..d56032e37b 100644
--- a/cmd/nfd-master/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nfd-master/main.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func main() {
 			args.Overrides.EnableTaints = overrides.EnableTaints
 		case "no-publish":
 			args.Overrides.NoPublish = overrides.NoPublish
-		case "-resync-period":
+		case "resync-period":
 			args.Overrides.ResyncPeriod = overrides.ResyncPeriod
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-api-controller.go b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-api-controller.go
index 714037afb9..1ce7fe07ed 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-api-controller.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-api-controller.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	nfdscheme "sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned/scheme"
 	nfdinformers "sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/generated/informers/externalversions"
 	nfdlisters "sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/generated/listers/nfd/v1alpha1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/utils"
 )
 
 type nfdController struct {
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ func newNfdController(config *restclient.Config, nfdApiControllerOptions nfdApiC
 	}
 
 	nfdClient := nfdclientset.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
+	utils.KlogDump(2, "NFD API controller options:", "  ", nfdApiControllerOptions)
+
 	informerFactory := nfdinformers.NewSharedInformerFactory(nfdClient, nfdApiControllerOptions.resyncPeriod)
 
 	// Add informer for NodeFeature objects
@@ -117,7 +120,6 @@ func newNfdController(config *restclient.Config, nfdApiControllerOptions nfdApiC
 	informerFactory.Start(c.stopChan)
 
 	utilruntime.Must(nfdv1alpha1.AddToScheme(nfdscheme.Scheme))
-
 	return c, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
index df5cd6c28e..632f910e59 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-master/nfd-master.go
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ type Args struct {
 	Prune                bool
 	VerifyNodeName       bool
 	Options              string
-	ResyncPeriod         utils.DurationVal
 
 	Overrides ConfigOverrideArgs
 }
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ func NewNfdMaster(args *Args) (NfdMaster, error) {
 	if args.ConfigFile != "" {
 		nfd.configFilePath = filepath.Clean(args.ConfigFile)
 	}
-
 	return nfd, nil
 }
 
@@ -199,18 +197,10 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) Run() error {
 	}
 
 	if m.args.CrdController {
-		kubeconfig, err := m.getKubeconfig()
+		err := m.startNfdControllerApi()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		klog.Info("starting nfd api controller")
-		m.nfdController, err = newNfdController(kubeconfig, nfdApiControllerOptions{
-			disableNodeFeature: !m.args.EnableNodeFeatureApi,
-			resyncPeriod:       m.args.ResyncPeriod.Duration,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize CRD controller: %w", err)
-		}
 	}
 
 	// Create watcher for config file
@@ -249,6 +239,17 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) Run() error {
 			if err := m.configure(m.configFilePath, m.args.Options); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
+			// restart NFD API controller
+			if m.nfdController != nil {
+				m.nfdController.stop()
+			}
+			if m.args.CrdController {
+				err := m.startNfdControllerApi()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil
+				}
+			}
 			// Update all nodes when the configuration changes
 			if m.nfdController != nil {
 				m.nfdController.updateAllNodesChan <- struct{}{}
@@ -1152,6 +1153,7 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) configure(filepath string, overrides string) error {
 		}
 		m.apihelper = apihelper.K8sHelpers{Kubeconfig: kubeconfig}
 	}
+
 	// Pre-process DenyLabelNS into 2 lists: one for normal ns, and the other for wildcard ns
 	normalDeniedNs, wildcardDeniedNs := preProcessDeniedNamespaces(c.DenyLabelNs)
 	m.deniedNs.normal = normalDeniedNs
@@ -1219,3 +1221,19 @@ func (m *nfdMaster) instanceAnnotation(name string) string {
 	}
 	return m.args.Instance + "." + name
 }
+
+func (m *nfdMaster) startNfdControllerApi() error {
+	kubeconfig, err := m.getKubeconfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	klog.Info("starting nfd api controller")
+	m.nfdController, err = newNfdController(kubeconfig, nfdApiControllerOptions{
+		disableNodeFeature: !m.args.EnableNodeFeatureApi,
+		resyncPeriod:       m.config.ResyncPeriod.Duration,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize CRD controller: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}