diff --git a/bentoctl/cli/__init__.py b/bentoctl/cli/__init__.py
index 459a95f..9bc7d11 100644
--- a/bentoctl/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/bentoctl/cli/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import click
 
 from bentoctl import __version__
-from bentoctl.cli.helper_scripts import terraform_apply, terraform_destroy
+from bentoctl.terraform import terraform_apply, terraform_destroy, is_terraform_applied
 from bentoctl.cli.interactive import deployment_config_builder
 from bentoctl.cli.operator_management import get_operator_management_subcommands
 from bentoctl.cli.utils import BentoctlCommandGroup, handle_bentoctl_exceptions
@@ -182,10 +182,13 @@ def destroy(deployment_config_file):
     Destroy all the resources created and remove the registry.
     """
     deployment_config = DeploymentConfig.from_file(deployment_config_file)
-    if deployment_config.template_type.startswith("terraform"):
+    if (
+        deployment_config.template_type.startswith("terraform")
+        and is_terraform_applied()
+    ):
         terraform_destroy()
-        deployment_config.delete_repository()
-        console.print(f"Deleted the repository {deployment_config.repository_name}")
+    deployment_config.delete_repository()
+    console.print(f"Deleted the repository {deployment_config.repository_name}")
 
 
 @bentoctl.command()
diff --git a/bentoctl/cli/helper_scripts.py b/bentoctl/cli/helper_scripts.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d6dfdd2..0000000
--- a/bentoctl/cli/helper_scripts.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import subprocess
-
-from bentoctl.exceptions import BentoctlException
-
-TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE = "bentoctl.tfvars"
-TERRAFORM_INIT_FOLDER = ".terraform"
-
-
-def terraform_run(cmd: list):
-    try:
-        subprocess.run(["terraform", *cmd], check=False)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        raise BentoctlException(
-            "terraform not available. Please make "
-            "sure terraform is installed and available your path."
-        )
-
-
-def terraform_destroy():
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.curdir, TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE)):
-        raise BentoctlException(
-            f"{TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE} not found in current directory."
-        )
-    terraform_run(["destroy", "-var-file", TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE])
-
-
-def is_terraform_initialised():
-    return os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.curdir, TERRAFORM_INIT_FOLDER))
-
-
-def terraform_apply():
-    if not is_terraform_initialised():
-        terraform_run(["init"])
-
-    terraform_run(["apply", "-var-file", TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE])
diff --git a/bentoctl/terraform.py b/bentoctl/terraform.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fa739e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bentoctl/terraform.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import os
+import json
+import subprocess
+
+from bentoctl.exceptions import BentoctlException
+
+TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE = "bentoctl.tfvars"
+TERRAFORM_INIT_FOLDER = ".terraform"
+
+
+def terraform_run(cmd: list, return_output: bool = False):
+    try:
+        if not return_output:
+            subprocess.run(["terraform", *cmd], check=False)
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(
+            ["terraform", *cmd],
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        )
+        stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
+        return proc.returncode, stdout.decode("utf-8"), stderr.decode("utf-8")
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        raise BentoctlException(
+            "terraform not available. Please make "
+            "sure terraform is installed and available your path."
+        )
+
+
+def terraform_destroy():
+    if not is_terraform_initialised():
+        raise BentoctlException('terraform is not initialised')
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.curdir, TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE)):
+        raise BentoctlException(
+            f"{TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE} not found in current directory."
+        )
+    terraform_run(["apply", "-destroy", "-var-file", TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE, '-auto-approve'])
+
+
+def is_terraform_initialised():
+    return os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.curdir, TERRAFORM_INIT_FOLDER))
+
+
+def terraform_apply():
+    if not is_terraform_initialised():
+        terraform_run(["init"])
+
+    terraform_run(["apply", "-var-file", TERRAFORM_VALUES_FILE, '-auto-approve'])
+
+
+def terraform_output():
+    return_code, result, error = terraform_run(["output", "-json"], return_output=True)
+    if return_code != 0:
+        raise BentoctlException(error)
+    return json.loads(result)
+
+
+def is_terraform_applied() -> bool:
+    """
+    Check if terraform is applied.
+    """
+    # If the terraform is not currently applied, it will return an empty dict.
+    result = terraform_output()
+    return True if result else False