diff --git a/internal/controller/tdset.go b/internal/controller/tdset.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f94dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/controller/tdset.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package controller
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	schedulev1 "github.com/baschno/tdset-operator/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
+)
+
+// ConditionStatus defines TDSet condition status.
+type ConditionStatus string
+
+// Defines TDSet condition status.
+const (
+	TypeAvailable   ConditionStatus = "Available"
+	TypeProgressing ConditionStatus = "Progressing"
+	TypeDegraded    ConditionStatus = "Degraded"
+)
+
+// GetTDSet gets the TDSet from api server.
+func (r *TDSetReconciler) GetTDSet(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request, tdSet *schedulev1.TDSet) error {
+
+	err := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, tdSet)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SetInitialCondition sets the status condition of the TDSet to available initially
+// when no condition exists yet.
+func (r *TDSetReconciler) SetInitialCondition(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request, tdSet *schedulev1.TDSet) error {
+	if tdSet.Status.Conditions != nil || len(tdSet.Status.Conditions) != 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	err := r.SetCondition(ctx, req, tdSet, TypeAvailable, "Starting reconciliation")
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func (r *TDSetReconciler) SetCondition(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request,
+	tdSet *schedulev1.TDSet, condition ConditionStatus, message string) error {
+
+	log := log.FromContext(ctx)
+
+	meta.SetStatusCondition(
+		&tdSet.Status.Conditions,
+		metav1.Condition{
+			Type: string(condition),
+			Status: metav1.ConditionUnknown, Reason: "Reconciling",
+			Message: message,
+		}
+	)
+
+	if err := r.Status().Update(ctx, tdSet); err != nil {
+		log.Error(err, "failed to update TDSet status condition")
+		return err
+	}
+	
+	if err := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, tdSet); err != nil {
+		log.Error(err, "failed to get updated TDSet after setting condition")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/controller/tdset_controller.go b/internal/controller/tdset_controller.go
index 41c4458..19deb03 100644
--- a/internal/controller/tdset_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/tdset_controller.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package controller
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
@@ -47,7 +48,29 @@ type TDSetReconciler struct {
 // For more details, check Reconcile and its Result here:
 // - https://pkg.go.dev/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.21.0/pkg/reconcile
 func (r *TDSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
-	_ = logf.FromContext(ctx)
+	log := logf.FromContext(ctx)
+
+	log.Info("starting reconciliation of TDSet")
+
+	tdSet := &schedulev1.TDSet{}
+
+	err := r.GetTDSet(ctx, req, tdSet)
+	if err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			log.Info("TDSet resource not found. Ignoring since object must be deleted")
+			return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+		}
+		log.Error(err, "unable to fetch TDSet")
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
+
+	// set condition status
+	err = r.SetInitialCondition(ctx, req, tdSet)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err, "unable to set initial condition for TDSet")
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
 
 	// TODO(user): your logic here