diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 27c4f5cbe0..e17b6b9afd 100644
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func main() {
 		go http.ListenAndServe("localhost:6060", nil)
 	}
 
+	// TODO: Do we need to print here? It anyways prints empty values
 	version.PrintVersionInfo(log.Log)
 	cleanUp := make(chan struct{})
 	stopCh := signal.SetupSignalHandler()
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ func main() {
 	// KYVERNO CRD INFORMER
 	// watches CRD resources:
 	//		- Policy
-	//		- PolicyVolation
+	//		- PolicyViolation
 	pInformer := kyvernoinformer.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(pclient, resyncPeriod)
 
 	// Configuration Data
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ func main() {
 	go auditHandler.Run(10, stopCh)
 	openAPISync.Run(1, stopCh)
 
-	// verifys if the admission control is enabled and active
+	// verifies if the admission control is enabled and active
 	// resync: 60 seconds
 	// deadline: 60 seconds (send request)
 	// max deadline: deadline*3 (set the deployment annotation as false)
diff --git a/pkg/auth/auth.go b/pkg/auth/auth.go
index ec11b24153..9f63ac5748 100644
--- a/pkg/auth/auth.go
+++ b/pkg/auth/auth.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 )
 
-//CanIOptions provides utility ti check if user has authorization for the given operation
+//CanIOptions provides utility to check if user has authorization for the given operation
 type CanIOptions struct {
 	namespace string
 	verb      string
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type CanIOptions struct {
 	log       logr.Logger
 }
 
-//NewCanI returns a new instance of operation access controler evaluator
+//NewCanI returns a new instance of operation access controller evaluator
 func NewCanI(client *client.Client, kind, namespace, verb string, log logr.Logger) *CanIOptions {
 	o := CanIOptions{
 		client: client,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func NewCanI(client *client.Client, kind, namespace, verb string, log logr.Logge
 // - operation is a combination of namespace, kind, verb
 // - can only evaluate a single verb
 // - group version resource is determined from the kind using the discovery client REST mapper
-// - If disallowed, the reason and evaluationError is avialable in the logs
+// - If disallowed, the reason and evaluationError is available in the logs
 // - each can generates a SelfSubjectAccessReview resource and response is evaluated for permissions
 func (o *CanIOptions) RunAccessCheck() (bool, error) {
 	// get GroupVersionResource from RESTMapper
diff --git a/pkg/kyverno/common/common.go b/pkg/kyverno/common/common.go
index c9a629efd6..c1f17dfcff 100644
--- a/pkg/kyverno/common/common.go
+++ b/pkg/kyverno/common/common.go
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-openapi/spec"
 	"github.com/go-openapi/strfmt"
 	"github.com/go-openapi/validate"
-	//openapi_v2 "github.com/googleapis/gnostic/OpenAPIv2"
-	//"github.com/googleapis/gnostic/compiler"
-	//yaml_v2 "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
@@ -19,6 +16,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	//openapi_v2 "github.com/googleapis/gnostic/OpenAPIv2"
+	//"github.com/googleapis/gnostic/compiler"
+	yaml_v2 "sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -241,10 +241,12 @@ func ValidatePolicyAgainstCrd(policy *v1.ClusterPolicy, path string) error {
 	}
 
 	var crd unstructured.Unstructured
-	err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &crd)
+	err = yaml_v2.Unmarshal(bytes, &crd)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	log.Info("coming till here .................. 5")
 
 	// crdDefinitionPrior represents CRDs version prior to 1.16
 	var crdDefinitionPrior struct {
@@ -273,14 +275,19 @@ func ValidatePolicyAgainstCrd(policy *v1.ClusterPolicy, path string) error {
 		} `json:"spec"`
 	}
 
+	log.Info("coming till here .................. 6")
 	crdRaw, _ := json.Marshal(crd.Object)
 	_ = json.Unmarshal(crdRaw, &crdDefinitionPrior)
 
+	log.Info("coming till here .................. 7")
 	openV3schema := crdDefinitionPrior.Spec.Validation.OpenAPIV3Schema
 	crdName := crdDefinitionPrior.Spec.Names.Kind
 	fmt.Println(crdName)
 
+	log.Info("coming till here .................. 8")
+
 	if openV3schema == nil {
+		log.Info("coming till here .................. coming into openV3Schema = nil")
 		_ = json.Unmarshal(crdRaw, &crdDefinitionNew)
 		for _, crdVersion := range crdDefinitionNew.Spec.Versions {
 			if crdVersion.Storage {
@@ -291,27 +298,26 @@ func ValidatePolicyAgainstCrd(policy *v1.ClusterPolicy, path string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	log.Info("coming till here .................. 9")
+	log.Info("crd", "openV3schema", openV3schema)
+
 	schemaRaw, _ := json.Marshal(openV3schema)
 	if len(schemaRaw) < 1 {
 		//log.Log.V(3).Info("could not parse crd schema", "name", crdName)
 		return err
 	}
+	log.Info("coming till here .................. 10")
 
-	schemaRaw, err = addingDefaultFieldsToSchema(schemaRaw)
-	if err != nil {
-		//log.Log.Error(err, "could not parse crd schema", "name", crdName)
-		return err
-	}
+	//schemaRaw, err = addingDefaultFieldsToSchema(schemaRaw)
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	//log.Log.Error(err, "could not parse crd schema", "name", crdName)
+	//	//return err
+	//}
+	log.Info("coming till here .................. 11")
 
 	schema := new(spec.Schema)
 	_ = json.Unmarshal(schemaRaw, schema)
 
-	input := map[string]interface{}{}
-	fmt.Println(input)
-
-	// JSON data to validate
-	//inputJSON := `{"name": "Ivan","address-1": "sesame street"}`
-	//_ = json.Unmarshal([]byte(inputJSON), &input)
 
 	// strfmt.Default is the registry of recognized formats
 	err = validate.AgainstSchema(schema, policy, strfmt.Default)
@@ -320,6 +326,7 @@ func ValidatePolicyAgainstCrd(policy *v1.ClusterPolicy, path string) error {
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("OK")
 	}
+	log.Info("coming till here .................. 14")
 
 	//var schema yaml_v2.MapSlice
 	//_ = yaml_v2.Unmarshal(schemaRaw, &schema)
diff --git a/pkg/kyverno/validate/command.go b/pkg/kyverno/validate/command.go
index 9a1d3e17f2..e29cb39615 100644
--- a/pkg/kyverno/validate/command.go
+++ b/pkg/kyverno/validate/command.go
@@ -49,19 +49,14 @@ func Command() *cobra.Command {
 
 			invalidPolicyFound := false
 			for _, policy := range policies {
-				//if common.PolicyHasVariables(*policy) {
-				//	invalidPolicyFound = true
-				//	fmt.Printf("Policy %s is invalid.\n", policy.Name)
-				//	log.Log.Error(errors.New("'validate' does not support policies with variables"), "Policy "+policy.Name+" is invalid")
-				//	continue
-				//}
 
 				// if crd is passed, then validate policy against the crd
 				if crdPath != "" {
 					err := common.ValidatePolicyAgainstCrd(policy, crdPath)
 					if err != nil {
 						log.Log.Error(err, "policy "+policy.Name+" is invalid")
-						os.Exit(1)
+						//os.Exit(1)
+						return err
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/pkg/utils/util.go b/pkg/utils/util.go
index 055aa458ab..4cd2f78367 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/util.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/util.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func CRDInstalled(discovery client.IDiscovery, log logr.Logger) bool {
 	logger := log.WithName("CRDInstalled")
 	check := func(kind string) bool {
 		gvr := discovery.GetGVRFromKind(kind)
-		if reflect.DeepEqual(gvr, (schema.GroupVersionResource{})) {
+		if reflect.DeepEqual(gvr, schema.GroupVersionResource{}) {
 			logger.Info("CRD not installed", "kind", kind)
 			return false
 		}