diff --git a/lib/BaseDownloadController.js b/lib/BaseDownloadController.js
index a1ebf0e..21058e5 100644
--- a/lib/BaseDownloadController.js
+++ b/lib/BaseDownloadController.js
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ module.exports = class BaseDownloadController extends CompositeController {
 
     // when failure to download optional resource occurs, should continue to download other requests, but shouldnt reconcile children
     let optionalResourceFailure = 0;
-    // when failure to download mandatory resource occurs, should attempt to download other requests, but shouldn't patch self or reconcile children
-    // for cases where one resource requires another in order to be applied
-    let mandatoryResourceFailure = 0;
-    let errMsgs = '';
     let lastModifiedArray = objectPath.get(this.data, ['object', 'status', 'last-modified'], []);
     let newLastModifiedArray = [];
 
@@ -136,20 +132,13 @@ module.exports = class BaseDownloadController extends CompositeController {
           this.log.warn(msg);
           this.updateRazeeLogs('warn', { controller: 'BaseDownload', warn: `Error applying file to kubernetes, see logs for details. StatusCode: ${e.statusCode}`, url: url });
         } else {
-          // attempt to apply all files rather than aborting on encountering the first error
-          ++mandatoryResourceFailure;
-          errMsgs += '\n'+msg;
+          return Promise.reject(msg);
         }
       }
 
     }
     this.log.info(`requests processed: ${requests.length}`);
 
-    if( mandatoryResourceFailure > 0 ) {
-      this.log.error(`${mandatoryResourceFailure} mandatory resource(s) failed to process: ${errMsgs}`);
-      return Promise.reject(`${mandatoryResourceFailure} errors occurred: ${errMsgs}`);
-    }
-
     // update the last-modified array
     let res = await this.patchSelf({
       status: {