diff --git a/init-app.sh b/init-app.sh
index 5b4c596..bd3ed26 100755
--- a/init-app.sh
+++ b/init-app.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # init-app.sh
-# Creates clusters/<cluster>/apps/<application> relative to this script, renders templates,
-# updates parent clusters/<cluster>/apps/kustomization.yaml to include the new application,
+# Creates clusters/<cluster>/apps/<application>, renders templates (APPLICATION_NAME, DESCRIPTION, CLUSTER_NAME),
+# appends the app at the end of the parent clusters/<cluster>/apps/kustomization.yaml list (removing trailing blank line if present),
 # and stages changes in Git.
 
 set -euo pipefail
@@ -23,18 +23,14 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(resolve_script_dir)"
 # Application name
 read -r -p "Application name (lowercase, letters/numbers/dashes): " APPLICATION_NAME
 APPLICATION_NAME="$(echo "$APPLICATION_NAME" | awk '{$1=$1;print}')"
-
 if [[ -z "$APPLICATION_NAME" ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Application name cannot be empty." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Application name cannot be empty." >&2; exit 1
 fi
 if ! [[ "$APPLICATION_NAME" =~ ^[a-z0-9-]+$ ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Application name must be lowercase and contain only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), or dashes (-)." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Application name must be lowercase and contain only letters (a–z), numbers (0–9), or dashes (-)." >&2; exit 1
 fi
 if [[ "$APPLICATION_NAME" == *"/"* || "$APPLICATION_NAME" == *"\\"* ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Application name must not contain path separators (/ or \\)." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Application name must not contain path separators (/ or \\)." >&2; exit 1
 fi
 
 # Cluster name
@@ -42,42 +38,31 @@ DEFAULT_CLUSTER="artemis"
 read -r -p "Cluster name [${DEFAULT_CLUSTER}] (lowercase, letters/numbers/dashes): " CLUSTER_NAME
 CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:-$DEFAULT_CLUSTER}"
 CLUSTER_NAME="$(echo "$CLUSTER_NAME" | awk '{$1=$1;print}')"
-
 if [[ -z "$CLUSTER_NAME" ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Cluster name cannot be empty." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Cluster name cannot be empty." >&2; exit 1
 fi
 if ! [[ "$CLUSTER_NAME" =~ ^[a-z0-9-]+$ ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Cluster name must be lowercase and contain only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), or dashes (-)." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Cluster name must be lowercase and contain only letters (a–z), numbers (0–9), or dashes (-)." >&2; exit 1
 fi
 if [[ "$CLUSTER_NAME" == *"/"* || "$CLUSTER_NAME" == *"\\"* ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Cluster name must not contain path separators (/ or \\)." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Cluster name must not contain path separators (/ or \\)." >&2; exit 1
 fi
 
-# Description (allows spaces, letters upper/lower, digits, dot, comma)
+# Description
 read -r -p "Description (spaces, letters, numbers, dots, commas): " DESCRIPTION
 DESCRIPTION="$(echo "$DESCRIPTION" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]\+//; s/[[:space:]]\+$//')"
-
 if [ -z "$DESCRIPTION" ]; then
-  echo "Error: Description cannot be empty." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Description cannot be empty." >&2; exit 1
 fi
-
-# Portable validation using grep -Eq (works under sh, dash, bash)
-# Allowed chars: A-Za-z0-9 space dot comma
 if ! echo "$DESCRIPTION" | grep -Eq '^[A-Za-z0-9 .,]+$'; then
-  echo "Error: Description may only contain spaces, letters (A–Z, a–z), numbers (0–9), dots (.), and commas (,)." >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Description may only contain spaces, letters (A–Z, a–z), numbers (0–9), dots (.), and commas (,)." >&2; exit 1
 fi
 
 TARGET_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/clusters/${CLUSTER_NAME}/apps/${APPLICATION_NAME}"
 
 # Abort if target directory already exists
 if [[ -d "$TARGET_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Directory already exists: $TARGET_DIR" >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Directory already exists: $TARGET_DIR" >&2; exit 1
 fi
 
 # Templates
@@ -88,38 +73,33 @@ KUSTOMIZATION_SRC="${TEMPLATE_DIR}/kustomization.yaml"
 
 missing=false
 for f in "$APP_PROJECT_SRC" "$APPLICATION_SRC" "$KUSTOMIZATION_SRC"; do
-  if [[ ! -f "$f" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: Template not found: ${f}" >&2
-    missing=true
-  fi
+  if [[ ! -f "$f" ]]; then echo "Error: Template not found: ${f}" >&2; missing=true; fi
 done
-if [[ "$missing" == true ]]; then
-  exit 1
-fi
+if [[ "$missing" == true ]]; then exit 1; fi
 
 # Create target directory
 mkdir -p "$TARGET_DIR"
 
 # Prepare safe replacements
-safe_app_name="${APPLICATION_NAME//\\/\\\\}"
-safe_app_name="${safe_app_name//&/\\&}"
-safe_description="${DESCRIPTION//\\/\\\\}"
-safe_description="${safe_description//&/\\&}"
-safe_cluster_name="${CLUSTER_NAME//\\/\\\\}"
-safe_cluster_name="${safe_cluster_name//&/\\&}"
+safe_app_name="${APPLICATION_NAME//\\/\\\\}"; safe_app_name="${safe_app_name//&/\\&}"
+safe_description="${DESCRIPTION//\\/\\\\}";   safe_description="${safe_description//&/\\&}"
+safe_cluster_name="${CLUSTER_NAME//\\/\\\\}"; safe_cluster_name="${safe_cluster_name//&/\\&}"
+
+# Temp files (init for trap)
+tmp1=""; tmp2=""
+trap 'rm -f "$tmp1" "$tmp2"' EXIT
 
 # Render app-project.yaml
-APP_PROJECT_DEST="${TARGET_DIR}/app-project.yaml"
 tmp1="$(mktemp)"
-trap 'rm -f "$tmp1" "$tmp2" "$tmp3" "$tmp_parent" "$tmp_norm" "$tmp_slice"' EXIT
+APP_PROJECT_DEST="${TARGET_DIR}/app-project.yaml"
 sed -e "s/\${APPLICATION_NAME}/${safe_app_name}/g" \
     -e "s/\${DESCRIPTION}/${safe_description}/g" \
     "$APP_PROJECT_SRC" > "$tmp1"
 mv "$tmp1" "$APP_PROJECT_DEST"
 
-# Render application.yaml (replace APPLICATION_NAME and CLUSTER_NAME)
-APPLICATION_DEST="${TARGET_DIR}/application.yaml"
+# Render application.yaml (APPLICATION_NAME + CLUSTER_NAME)
 tmp2="$(mktemp)"
+APPLICATION_DEST="${TARGET_DIR}/application.yaml"
 sed -e "s/\${APPLICATION_NAME}/${safe_app_name}/g" \
     -e "s/\${CLUSTER_NAME}/${safe_cluster_name}/g" \
     "$APPLICATION_SRC" > "$tmp2"
@@ -134,77 +114,26 @@ echo "Wrote:   $APP_PROJECT_DEST (APPLICATION_NAME='${APPLICATION_NAME}', DESCRI
 echo "Wrote:   $APPLICATION_DEST (APPLICATION_NAME='${APPLICATION_NAME}', CLUSTER_NAME='${CLUSTER_NAME}')"
 echo "Wrote:   $KUSTOMIZATION_DEST (copied as-is)"
 
-# Update parent kustomization.yaml one level above the new folder
+# Parent kustomization.yaml: remove trailing blank line if present, then append new item
 PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION="${SCRIPT_DIR}/clusters/${CLUSTER_NAME}/apps/kustomization.yaml"
 if [[ ! -f "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Parent kustomization not found: ${PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION}" >&2
-  echo "Hint: Ensure a kustomization.yaml exists in clusters/${CLUSTER_NAME}/apps/" >&2
-  exit 1
+  echo "Error: Parent kustomization not found: ${PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION}" >&2; exit 1
 fi
 
-# Normalize CRLF line endings if present
-if file "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" | grep -q "CRLF"; then
-  tmp_norm="$(mktemp)"
-  tr -d '\r' < "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" > "$tmp_norm"
-  mv "$tmp_norm" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION"
-fi
+# 1) If the last line is empty, delete it (BSD sed)
+# This prints all lines except a final empty line at EOF.
+# Explanation:
+#  - $: matches the last line
+#  - /^$/: last line is empty
+#  - d: delete that line
+sed -i '' -e '${/^$/d;}' "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION"
 
-# If already present, skip
-if grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*-[[:space:]]*${APPLICATION_NAME}[[:space:]]*$" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION"; then
-  echo "Parent kustomization.yaml already contains resource '${APPLICATION_NAME}', skipping insertion."
-else
-  # Determine indentation from the first existing resource item (fallback two spaces)
-  indent="$(grep -E '^[[:space:]]*-[[:space:]]' "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" | sed -n '1s/^\([[:space:]]*\)-.*/\1/p')"
-  [[ -z "${indent:-}" ]] && indent="  "
+# 2) Append the new application line at the end (with two-space indent to match your file)
+printf "  - %s\n" "$APPLICATION_NAME" >> "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION"
 
-  # Work within the most recent 'resources:' block (if any)
-  last_res_start_line="$(nl -ba "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" | awk '/^[[:space:]]*[0-9]+\s+resources:[[:space:]]*$/ { line=$1 } END { if (line!="") print line }')"
+echo "Updated parent kustomization.yaml: appended '${APPLICATION_NAME}' at end of resources list."
 
-  if [[ -n "${last_res_start_line:-}" ]]; then
-    # Slice parent from resources start to EOF
-    tmp_slice="$(mktemp)"
-    tail -n +"$last_res_start_line" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" > "$tmp_slice"
-
-    # In the slice, find last '-' resource line number
-    slice_last_line="$(nl -ba "$tmp_slice" \
-      | awk '/^[[:space:]]*[0-9]+\s+[[:space:]]*-[[:space:]]/ { print $1 }' \
-      | tail -n1)"
-
-    if [[ -n "${slice_last_line:-}" ]]; then
-      # Map slice line back to parent absolute line
-      abs_last_line=$(( last_res_start_line + slice_last_line - 1 ))
-
-      # Build new file via tmp_parent; avoid arithmetic in command args
-      tmp_parent="$(mktemp)"
-      head -n "$abs_last_line" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" > "$tmp_parent"
-      printf "%s- %s\n" "$indent" "$APPLICATION_NAME" >> "$tmp_parent"
-      next_line=$(( abs_last_line + 1 ))
-      tail -n +"$next_line" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" >> "$tmp_parent"
-      mv "$tmp_parent" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION"
-      echo "Updated parent kustomization.yaml: appended '${APPLICATION_NAME}' to resources."
-    else
-      # No items yet → insert directly after the resources key line
-      tmp_parent="$(mktemp)"
-      head -n "$last_res_start_line" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" > "$tmp_parent"
-      printf "%s- %s\n" "$indent" "$APPLICATION_NAME" >> "$tmp_parent"
-      next_line=$(( last_res_start_line + 1 ))
-      tail -n +"$next_line" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" >> "$tmp_parent"
-      mv "$tmp_parent" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION"
-      echo "Updated parent kustomization.yaml: added first resource '${APPLICATION_NAME}' under resources."
-    fi
-
-    rm -f "$tmp_slice"
-  else
-    # No resources key exists at all → create section at the end ONCE via tmp_parent
-    tmp_parent="$(mktemp)"
-    cat "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION" > "$tmp_parent"
-    printf "\nresources:\n%s- %s\n" "$indent" "$APPLICATION_NAME" >> "$tmp_parent"
-    mv "$tmp_parent" "$PARENT_KUSTOMIZATION"
-    echo "Updated parent kustomization.yaml: created resources section with '${APPLICATION_NAME}'."
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Stage changes in Git (if inside a Git repo)
+# Stage changes in Git
 if git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   REPO_ROOT="$(git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
   REL_TARGET="${TARGET_DIR#$REPO_ROOT/}"