diff --git a/internal/controller/apicerts/certs_creator.go b/internal/controller/apicerts/certs_creator.go
index 73696067d..04f03f8f0 100644
--- a/internal/controller/apicerts/certs_creator.go
+++ b/internal/controller/apicerts/certs_creator.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewCertsCreatorController(
 ) controllerlib.Controller {
 	return controllerlib.New(
 		controllerlib.Config{
-			Name: "certs-manager-controller",
+			Name: "certs-creator-controller",
 			Syncer: &certsCreatorController{
 				namespace:                             namespace,
 				certsSecretResourceName:               certsSecretResourceName,
diff --git a/internal/controller/apicerts/certs_observer_test.go b/internal/controller/apicerts/certs_observer_test.go
index c4f031b6d..9a512a028 100644
--- a/internal/controller/apicerts/certs_observer_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/apicerts/certs_observer_test.go
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ func TestObserverControllerSync(t *testing.T) {
 
 				actualCertChain, actualKey = dynamicCertProvider.CurrentCertKeyContent()
 				r.True(strings.HasPrefix(string(actualCertChain), `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----`), "not a cert:\n%s", string(actualCertChain))
+				// Confirm that the embed worked successfully
+				r.True(len(privateKeyPrefix) > 0, "privateKeyPrefix should be non-empty")
 				r.True(strings.HasPrefix(string(actualKey), privateKeyPrefix), "not a key:\n%s", string(actualKey))
 			})
 		})
diff --git a/internal/controller/apicerts/testdata/private_key_prefix.txt b/internal/controller/apicerts/testdata/private_key_prefix.txt
index e69de29bb..e3063f32e 100644
--- a/internal/controller/apicerts/testdata/private_key_prefix.txt
+++ b/internal/controller/apicerts/testdata/private_key_prefix.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----