diff --git a/pkg/controller/queuejob/queuejob_controller_ex.go b/pkg/controller/queuejob/queuejob_controller_ex.go
index dacb5f07..7d49b2c6 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/queuejob/queuejob_controller_ex.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/queuejob/queuejob_controller_ex.go
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ import (
 // defaultBackoffTime is the default backoff time in seconds
 const defaultBackoffTime = 20
 
+var (
+	// Regex variables for extracting resource values
+	cpuRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`cpu (\d+(\.\d+)?)`)
+	memoryRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`memory (\d+(\.\d+)?)`)
+	gpuRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`GPU (\d+)`)
+)
+
 // XController the AppWrapper Controller type
 type XController struct {
 	// MCAD configuration
@@ -972,10 +979,6 @@ func (qjm *XController) nodeChecks(histograms map[string]*dto.Metric, aw *arbv1.
 
 // Function for calculating required resources to run AppWrapper and printing a log if there is a required increase for resources.
 func calculateRequiredResources(namespace string, appwrapperName string, requestedResources string, totalAvailable string) {
-	cpuRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`cpu (\d+(\.\d+)?)`)
-	memoryRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`memory (\d+(\.\d+)?)`)
-	gpuRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`GPU (\d+)`)
-
 	// Requested resources values //
 	requestedCPU := cpuRegex.FindStringSubmatch(requestedResources)
 	requestedMemory := memoryRegex.FindStringSubmatch(requestedResources)