diff --git a/examples/fleet/main.go b/examples/fleet/main.go
index 4dd366cfd8..ee107ddf01 100644
--- a/examples/fleet/main.go
+++ b/examples/fleet/main.go
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ func main() {
 	// Setup a Manager, note that this not yet engages clusters, only makes them available.
 	entryLog.Info("Setting up manager")
 	provider := &KindClusterProvider{
-		log:      log.Log.WithName("kind-cluster-provider"),
-		clusters: map[string]cluster.Cluster{},
+		log:       log.Log.WithName("kind-cluster-provider"),
+		clusters:  map[string]cluster.Cluster{},
+		cancelFns: map[string]context.CancelFunc{},
 	}
 	mgr, err := manager.New(
 		cfg,
@@ -85,18 +86,18 @@ func main() {
 		func(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 			log := log.FromContext(ctx)
 
-			cluster, err := mgr.GetCluster(ctx, req.ClusterName)
+			cl, err := mgr.GetCluster(ctx, req.ClusterName)
 			if err != nil {
 				return reconcile.Result{}, err
 			}
-			client := cluster.GetClient()
+			client := cl.GetClient()
 
 			// Retrieve the pod from the cluster.
 			pod := &corev1.Pod{}
 			if err := client.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, pod); err != nil {
 				return reconcile.Result{}, err
 			}
-			log.Info("Reconciling pod", "name", pod.Name, "uuid", pod.UID)
+			log.Info("Reconciling pod", "cluster", cl.Name(), "ns", pod.GetNamespace(), "name", pod.Name, "uuid", pod.UID)
 
 			// Print any annotations that start with fleet.
 			for k, v := range pod.Labels {
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ func (k *KindClusterProvider) Run(ctx context.Context, mgr manager.Manager) erro
 			}
 			k.lock.RLock()
 			if _, ok := k.clusters[clusterName]; ok {
+				k.lock.RUnlock()
 				continue
 			}
 			k.lock.RUnlock()
@@ -185,7 +187,8 @@ func (k *KindClusterProvider) Run(ctx context.Context, mgr manager.Manager) erro
 				k.log.Info("failed to create rest config", "error", err)
 				return false, nil // keep going
 			}
-			cl, err := cluster.New(cfg, k.Options...)
+			clOptions := append([]cluster.Option{cluster.WithName(clusterName)}, k.Options...)
+			cl, err := cluster.New(cfg, clOptions...)
 			if err != nil {
 				k.log.Info("failed to create cluster", "error", err)
 				return false, nil // keep going
@@ -245,6 +248,8 @@ func (k *KindClusterProvider) Run(ctx context.Context, mgr manager.Manager) erro
 				delete(k.clusters, name)
 				delete(k.cancelFns, name)
 				k.lock.Unlock()
+
+				k.log.Info("Cluster removed", "cluster", name)
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/manager/internal.go b/pkg/manager/internal.go
index 40e5172f9e..75facc7e85 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/internal.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/internal.go
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ func (cm *controllerManager) Engage(ctx context.Context, cl cluster.Cluster) err
 		cm.engagedClustersLock.RUnlock()
 		return nil
 	}
+	cm.engagedClustersLock.RUnlock()
 
 	// add early because any engaged runnable could access it
 	cm.engagedClustersLock.Lock()