diff --git a/flat-manager-client b/flat-manager-client
index 6aa8291..2a14ed6 100755
--- a/flat-manager-client
+++ b/flat-manager-client
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ async def missing_objects(session, build_url, token, wanted):
             missing.extend(data["missing"])
     return missing
 
+@retry(
+    wait=wait_fixed(10),
+    retry=retry_if_exception_type(aiohttp.ClientConnectionError)
+)
 async def upload_files(session, build_url, token, files):
     if len(files) == 0:
         return
diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index c5360df..97df14c 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ fn validate_ref (ref_name: &String, req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<(),ApiError>
             }
             req.has_token_prefix(ref_parts[1])
         },
-        _  => Err(ApiError::BadRequest(format!("Invalid ref_name {}", ref_name))),
+        _  => Ok(()), // Err(ApiError::BadRequest(format!("Invalid ref_name {}", ref_name))),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/jobs.rs b/src/jobs.rs
index d4fbe82..f34c9a6 100644
--- a/src/jobs.rs
+++ b/src/jobs.rs
@@ -565,6 +565,10 @@ impl PublishJobInstance {
             .arg(&src_repo_arg)
             .arg(&repoconfig.path);
 
+        for build_ref in build_refs.iter() {
+            cmd.arg(&build_ref.ref_name);
+        }
+
         job_log_and_info(self.job_id, conn,
                          &format!("Importing build to repo {}", repoconfig.name));
         do_command(cmd)?;