diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 515836d1..a0fe1a24 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -198,16 +198,14 @@ tag_release:
     - export VAULT_ADDR="https://vault.svc.cscs.ch"
     - export VAULT_TOKEN=$CI_VAULT_TOKEN
     - GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN="$(vault kv get -field=GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN firecrest/dev)"
-        
-    - echo "${CI_SERVER_URL}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/repository/commits/${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}/refs?type=branch"
-
+    
     - |  
-        curl -sS --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN}" "${CI_SERVER_URL}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/repository/commits/${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}/refs?type=branch" | jq '.[].name' | grep master
+        curl -sS --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN}" "${CI_SERVER_URL}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/repository/commits/${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}/refs?type=branch" | jq '.[].name=="master"'
         
-        branch=$(curl -sS --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN}" "${CI_SERVER_URL}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/repository/commits/${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}/refs?type=branch" | jq '.[].name' | grep master)
+        branch=$(curl -sS --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN}" "${CI_SERVER_URL}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/repository/commits/${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}/refs?type=branch" | jq '.[].name=="master"')
 
         env_tags="tds"    
-        if [ "$branch" != "" ]; then
+        if [ "$branch" == "true" ]; then
 
           if [ "${CI_COMMIT_TAG:0:4}" == "prod" ]; then
             env_tags="$CI_COMMIT_TAG prod"
@@ -215,6 +213,7 @@ tag_release:
           for tag in $env_tags; do
             images="compute reservations status storage tasks utilities";
             for img in $images; do
+                echo "jfrog rt copy --flat=true --url=https://$CI_REGISTRY/artifactory --user=$CI_REGISTRY_USER --password=XXX $CI_REGISTRY_GROUP/$image/$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA/ $CI_REGISTRY_GROUP/$img/$tag/"  
                 jfrog rt copy --flat=true --url="https://$CI_REGISTRY/artifactory" --user="$CI_REGISTRY_USER" --password="$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" "$CI_REGISTRY_GROUP/$image/$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA/" "$CI_REGISTRY_GROUP/$img/$tag/";  
             done
           done