diff --git a/node_external_ip_controller.py b/node_external_ip_controller.py
index 7e53b20..41f5d32 100644
--- a/node_external_ip_controller.py
+++ b/node_external_ip_controller.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ v1 = client.CoreV1Api()
 SERVICE_NAME = "traefik"
 NAMESPACE = "kube-system"
 ANNOTATION_KEY = "kube-vip.io/loadbalancerIPs"
-NODE_ANNOTATION_KEY = "svccontroller.k3s.cattle.io/enablelb"
+NODE_LABEL = "svccontroller.k3s.cattle.io/enablelb=true"
 
 
 def update_service_annotation(external_ip):
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ def main():
     w = watch.Watch()
     while True:
         try:
-            for event in w.stream(v1.list_node, _request_timeout=300):
+            for event in w.stream(
+                v1.list_node, label_selector=NODE_LABEL, _request_timeout=300
+            ):
                 node = event["object"]
                 node_name = node.metadata.name
-                print(f"Node annotations: {node.metadata.annotations}")
-                is_gateway = node.metadata.annotations.get(NODE_ANNOTATION_KEY, False)
-                print(f"{node_name} is gateway?: {is_gateway}, type:{type(is_gateway)}")
 
                 # Extract the external IP if it exists
                 external_ip = None