diff --git a/clustertool/cmd/adv_fluxbootstrap.go b/clustertool/cmd/adv_fluxbootstrap.go
index aa58568661b..34930b7a089 100644
--- a/clustertool/cmd/adv_fluxbootstrap.go
+++ b/clustertool/cmd/adv_fluxbootstrap.go
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ package cmd
 import (
     "context"
 
+    talhelperCfg "github.com/budimanjojo/talhelper/v3/pkg/config"
+    "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
     "github.com/spf13/cobra"
     "github.com/truecharts/public/clustertool/pkg/fluxhandler"
+    "github.com/truecharts/public/clustertool/pkg/helper"
+    "github.com/truecharts/public/clustertool/pkg/initfiles"
+    "github.com/truecharts/public/clustertool/pkg/sops"
 )
 
 var fluxbootstrap = &cobra.Command{
@@ -12,6 +17,16 @@ var fluxbootstrap = &cobra.Command{
     Short: "Manually bootstrap fluxcd on existing cluster",
     Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
         ctx := context.Background()
+
+        if err := sops.DecryptFiles(); err != nil {
+            log.Info().Msgf("Error decrypting files: %v\n", err)
+        }
+        initfiles.LoadTalEnv()
+        _, err := talhelperCfg.LoadAndValidateFromFile(helper.TalConfigFile, []string{helper.ClusterEnvFile}, false)
+        if err != nil {
+            log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to parse talconfig or talenv file: %s")
+        }
+
         fluxhandler.FluxBootstrap(ctx)
     },
 }
diff --git a/clustertool/pkg/fluxhandler/bootstrap.go b/clustertool/pkg/fluxhandler/bootstrap.go
index 327a2ad50e0..835c88e0ffc 100644
--- a/clustertool/pkg/fluxhandler/bootstrap.go
+++ b/clustertool/pkg/fluxhandler/bootstrap.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ func init() {
 
 // FluxBootstrap initializes the FluxCD bootstrapping process if GITHUB_REPOSITORY is set in TalEnv.
 func FluxBootstrap(ctx context.Context) {
+
     if helper.TalEnv["GITHUB_REPOSITORY"] != "" {
         log.Info().Msg("GITHUB_Repository for Flux configured.")
-        if helper.GetYesOrNo("Do you want to bootstrap FluxCD as well? (yes/no) [y/n]: ") {
+        if helper.GetYesOrNo("Do you want to (re)bootstrap FluxCD as well? (yes/no) [y/n]: ") {
             if err := bootstrapFluxCD(ctx); err != nil {
                 log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error during FluxCD bootstrap")
                 if helper.GetYesOrNo("Do you want to retry? (yes/no) [y/n]: ") {