diff --git a/apiserver/controllers/controllers.go b/apiserver/controllers/controllers.go
index f778ea81..092fd4ab 100644
--- a/apiserver/controllers/controllers.go
+++ b/apiserver/controllers/controllers.go
@@ -115,10 +115,7 @@ func (a *APIController) handleWorkflowJobEvent(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	signature := r.Header.Get("X-Hub-Signature-256")
 	hookType := r.Header.Get("X-Github-Hook-Installation-Target-Type")
 
-	controllerInfo, err := a.r.GetControllerInfo(r.Context())
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("failed to get controller info for metics labels: %q", err)
-	}
+	controllerInfo := a.r.GetControllerInfo(r.Context())
 
 	if err := a.r.DispatchWorkflowJob(hookType, signature, body); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, gErrors.ErrNotFound) {
diff --git a/apiserver/controllers/metrics.go b/apiserver/controllers/metrics.go
index 53526842..8c518342 100644
--- a/apiserver/controllers/metrics.go
+++ b/apiserver/controllers/metrics.go
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ func (c *GarmCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 }
 
 func (c *GarmCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
-	controllerInfo, err := c.runner.GetControllerInfo(auth.GetAdminContext())
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("error on fetching controllerInfo: %s", err)
-		// continue anyway
-	}
+	controllerInfo := c.runner.GetControllerInfo(auth.GetAdminContext())
 
 	c.CollectInstanceMetric(ch, controllerInfo.Hostname, controllerInfo.ControllerID.String())
 	c.CollectHealthMetric(ch, controllerInfo.Hostname, controllerInfo.ControllerID.String())
diff --git a/runner/runner.go b/runner/runner.go
index 94d99efc..7ee881b9 100644
--- a/runner/runner.go
+++ b/runner/runner.go
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ func NewRunner(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config) (*Runner, error) {
 		creds[ghcreds.Name] = ghcreds
 	}
 
+	controllerInfo := params.ControllerInfo{
+		ControllerID: ctrlId.ControllerID,
+	}
+	controllerInfo.Hostname, _ = os.Hostname()
+
 	poolManagerCtrl := &poolManagerCtrl{
 		controllerID:  ctrlId.ControllerID.String(),
 		config:        cfg,
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ func NewRunner(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config) (*Runner, error) {
 		poolManagerCtrl: poolManagerCtrl,
 		providers:       providers,
 		credentials:     creds,
+		controllerInfo:  controllerInfo,
 	}
 
 	if err := runner.loadReposOrgsAndEnterprises(); err != nil {
@@ -268,23 +274,8 @@ type Runner struct {
 	controllerInfo params.ControllerInfo
 }
 
-func (r *Runner) GetControllerInfo(ctx context.Context) (params.ControllerInfo, error) {
-	if r.controllerInfo == (params.ControllerInfo{}) {
-		var err error
-		r.controllerInfo, err = r.store.ControllerInfo()
-		if err != nil {
-			return params.ControllerInfo{}, errors.Wrap(err, "fetching controller info")
-		}
-	}
-	if r.controllerInfo.Hostname == "" {
-		var err error
-		r.controllerInfo.Hostname, err = os.Hostname()
-		if err != nil {
-			// this returns a partial controller info, but it's better than nothing
-			return r.controllerInfo, errors.Wrap(err, "fetching hostname")
-		}
-	}
-	return r.controllerInfo, nil
+func (r *Runner) GetControllerInfo(ctx context.Context) params.ControllerInfo {
+	return r.controllerInfo
 }
 
 func (r *Runner) ListCredentials(ctx context.Context) ([]params.GithubCredentials, error) {