diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserReconciler.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserReconciler.java
index f389425437072e4e0efbca44a90cc4579a22b914..956313e4067c5f327b19f798ff82e05916d04359 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserReconciler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserReconciler.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ package de.ozgcloud.operator.keycloak.user;
 
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -55,8 +54,7 @@ public class KeycloakUserReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgKeycloakUser>, Clea
 		var namespace = resource.getMetadata().getNamespace();
 
 		log.info(String.format("Reconciling user %s...", userName));
-		log.info("User reconciler reconcile, keep after delete is set to: " + resource.getSpec().getKeycloakUser().getKeepAfterDelete());
-		log.info("Keep after delete String is set to: " + resource.getSpec().getKeepAfterDelete());
+		log.info("User reconciler reconcile, keep after delete is set to: " + resource.getSpec().isKeepAfterDelete());
 
 		try {
 			var preconditionError = preconditionService.getPreconditionErrors(resource);
@@ -91,9 +89,8 @@ public class KeycloakUserReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgKeycloakUser>, Clea
 
 	@Override
 	public DeleteControl cleanup(OzgKeycloakUser user, Context<OzgKeycloakUser> context) {
-		log.info("User reconciler cleanup, keep after delete is set to: " + user.getSpec().getKeycloakUser().getKeepAfterDelete());
-		log.info("Keep after delete String is set to: " + user.getSpec().getKeepAfterDelete());
-		if (StringUtils.equals(user.getSpec().getKeycloakUser().getKeepAfterDelete(), "true")) {
+		log.info("User reconciler cleanup, keep after delete is set to: " + user.getSpec().isKeepAfterDelete());
+		if (user.getSpec().isKeepAfterDelete()) {
 			return DeleteControl.defaultDelete();
 		}
 		return cleanup(user);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/OzgKeycloakUserSpec.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/OzgKeycloakUserSpec.java
index 97e55bea5ed39b8423d212b8c74e042fc7f96a71..d42807f5eea7a48bb368fcbc96c2826356e7d2a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/OzgKeycloakUserSpec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/OzgKeycloakUserSpec.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import lombok.Setter;
 class OzgKeycloakUserSpec {
 
 	@JsonProperty("keep_after_delete")
-	private String keepAfterDelete;
+	private boolean keepAfterDelete;
 
 	@JsonProperty("keycloak_user")
 	private KeycloakUserSpecUser keycloakUser;
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ class OzgKeycloakUserSpec {
 	@AllArgsConstructor
 	static class KeycloakUserSpecUser {
 
-//		@JsonProperty("keep_after_delete")
-//		private boolean keepAfterDelete;
-
-		@JsonProperty("keep_after_delete")
-		private String keepAfterDelete;
-
 		@JsonProperty("username")
 		private String username;
 
@@ -131,22 +125,4 @@ class OzgKeycloakUserSpec {
 		@JsonProperty("role")
 		private String roleName;
 	}
-
-//	@Getter
-//	@Setter
-//	@Builder
-//	@NoArgsConstructor
-//	@AllArgsConstructor
-//	static class KeycloakUserSpecRealmRole {
-//
-//		@JsonProperty("name")
-//		private String name;
-//
-//		@JsonProperty("description")
-//		private String description;
-//
-//		@JsonProperty("attributes")
-//		@Builder.Default
-//		private Map<String, List<String>> attributes = new HashMap<>();
-//	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserReconcilerTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserReconcilerTest.java
index 4f8345fa3cc7243fbe02dc01b2d5a079da4cc792..58bf7617bcf900e0d619c723dbff903cadd818a7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserReconcilerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/KeycloakUserReconcilerTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.Spy;
 
 import de.ozgcloud.operator.keycloak.OzgCustomResourceStatus;
+import de.ozgcloud.operator.keycloak.user.OzgKeycloakUserSpec.KeycloakUserSpecUser;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.DeleteControl;
 
 class KeycloakUserReconcilerTest {
 
@@ -109,40 +112,41 @@ class KeycloakUserReconcilerTest {
 		}
 	}
 
-//	@DisplayName("Cleanup")
-//	@Nested
-//	class TestCleanup {
-//
-//		@DisplayName("with keep_after_delete")
-//		@Nested
-//		class TestWithKeepAfterDelete {
-//
-//			private final KeycloakUserSpecUser keycloakUser = KeycloakUserSpecUserTestFactory.createBuiler().keepAfterDelete(true).build();
-//			private final OzgKeycloakUserSpec userSpec = OzgKeycloakUserSpecTestFactory.createBuilder().keycloakUser(keycloakUser).build();
-//			private final OzgKeycloakUser user = OzgKeycloakUserTestFactory.create(userSpec);
-//
-//			@Test
-//			void shouldNotCallService() {
-//				reconciler.cleanup(user, null);
-//
-//				verify(service, never()).deleteUser(userSpec, OzgKeycloakUserTestFactory.METADATA_NAMESPACE);
-//			}
-//
-//			@Test
-//			void shouldReturnDeleteControl() {
-//				var control = reconciler.cleanup(user, null);
-//
-//				assertThat(control).usingRecursiveComparison().isEqualTo(DeleteControl.defaultDelete());
-//			}
-//		}
-//
-//		@Test
-//		void shouldCallServiceDelete() {
-//			var user = OzgKeycloakUserTestFactory.create();
-//
-//			reconciler.cleanup(user);
-//
-//			verify(service).deleteUser(user.getSpec(), OzgKeycloakUserTestFactory.METADATA_NAMESPACE);
-//		}
-//	}
+	@DisplayName("Cleanup")
+	@Nested
+	class TestCleanup {
+
+		@DisplayName("with keep_after_delete")
+		@Nested
+		class TestWithKeepAfterDelete {
+
+			private final KeycloakUserSpecUser keycloakUser = KeycloakUserSpecUserTestFactory.createBuiler().build();
+			private final OzgKeycloakUserSpec userSpec = OzgKeycloakUserSpecTestFactory.createBuilder().keepAfterDelete(true)
+					.keycloakUser(keycloakUser).build();
+			private final OzgKeycloakUser user = OzgKeycloakUserTestFactory.create(userSpec);
+
+			@Test
+			void shouldNotCallService() {
+				reconciler.cleanup(user, null);
+
+				verify(service, never()).deleteUser(userSpec, OzgKeycloakUserTestFactory.METADATA_NAMESPACE);
+			}
+
+			@Test
+			void shouldReturnDeleteControl() {
+				var control = reconciler.cleanup(user, null);
+
+				assertThat(control).usingRecursiveComparison().isEqualTo(DeleteControl.defaultDelete());
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void shouldCallServiceDelete() {
+			var user = OzgKeycloakUserTestFactory.create();
+
+			reconciler.cleanup(user);
+
+			verify(service).deleteUser(user.getSpec(), OzgKeycloakUserTestFactory.METADATA_NAMESPACE);
+		}
+	}
 }