diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d85184c6a04776dc9979c076f552aa6644c3cd58..f0d7ce194dae7aa7cd5d11b41988e2e1f9e17273 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ hcana_docker:
   script:
      - docker login eicweb.phy.anl.gov -u whit -p ${CI_IMAGE_BUILD_PAT}
      - cd containers/docker && make release
-       #- docker push eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/jlab/hcana
-       # - docker login eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567 -u whit -p ${eic0_registry_push_token}
-       # - docker tag  whit/image_recipes/ubuntu_base:latest eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/whit/image_recipes/ubuntu_base:latest
-       # - docker push eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/whit/image_recipes/ubuntu_base:latest
 
 
 hcana_singularity:
diff --git a/containers/docker/Makefile b/containers/docker/Makefile
index b09314c7b1e5bf31b3f8110f1b25eef2eea7f572..c74d224fca207288b4b8013cb249d583c3cfaaa9 100644
--- a/containers/docker/Makefile
+++ b/containers/docker/Makefile
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ tag-alt-version: ## Generate container `{version}` tag
 login: ## Auto login to AWS-ECR unsing aws-cli
 	docker login $(REG_NAME) -u $(REG_USER) -p $(REG_TOKEN)
 
-release: build-nc publish ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
+release: build publish ## Make a release by building and publishing the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
 
-publish: login publish-latest #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
+publish: publish-latest #publish-version ## Publish the `{version}` ans `latest` tagged containers to ECR
 
 push: login ## push after login @echo 'push latest to $(REG_NAME)/$(REPO)/$(APP_NAME):latest'
 	docker tag  $(APP_NAME):latest $(REG_NAME)/$(GL_REG_GROUP)/$(APP_NAME):latest