diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a6ca2489b8e270e18f04086ab568530ed734e2e7..4b09b8a5884c404a16e95a61c2a6c56358856666 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stages:
           -d '{"state":"'"${STATE}"'",
                "target_url":"'"${CI_PIPELINE_URL}"'",
                "description":"'"${DESCRIPTION} $(TZ=America/New_York date)"'",
-               "context":"eicweb/reconstruction_benchmarks ('"$DETECTOR_CONFIG"')"
+               "context":"eicweb/reconstruction_benchmarks ('"${BENCHMARKS_TAG}"', '"$DETECTOR_CONFIG"')"
               }' ;
       fi
 
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ benchmarks:reconstruction:pending:
   extends: .status
   variables:
     STATE: "pending"
-    DESCRIPTION: "Started..."
   when: always
 
 common:setup:
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ benchmarks:reconstruction:success:
   extends: .status
   variables:
     STATE: "success"
-    DESCRIPTION: "Succeeded!"
   when: on_success
 
 benchmarks:reconstruction:failure:
@@ -139,5 +137,4 @@ benchmarks:reconstruction:failure:
   extends: .status
   variables:
     STATE: "failure"
-    DESCRIPTION: "Failed!"
   when: on_failure