diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_testing.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy_testing.yaml
index fc365450..61049359 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_testing.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_testing.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Tag name from GITHUB_REF_NAME: $GITHUB_REF_NAME"
           echo "Tag name from github.ref_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          echo "Tag name from github.ref_name: ${{ env.GITHUB_REF_NAME }}"
+          echo "Tag name from GITHUB_REF_TAG: ${{ GITHUB_REF_TAG }}"
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: build docker image with correct tags
         working-directory: ./rest
-        run: docker build -t "$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY/$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$GITHUB_REF_TAG" -t "$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY/$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest" --build-arg VERSION=$GITHUB_REF_TAG --build-arg VCS_REF=$GITHUB_SHA --build-arg BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') .
+        run: docker build -t "$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY/$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$GITHUB_REF_NAME" -t "$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY/$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest" --build-arg VERSION=$GITHUB_REF_NAME --build-arg VCS_REF=$GITHUB_SHA --build-arg BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') .
 
       - name: login for AWS ECR docker
         working-directory: ./rest
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: push docker images (versioned with CI tag and "latest") to AWS ECR with docker
         working-directory: ./rest
         run: |
-          docker push "$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY/$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$GITHUB_REF_TAG"
+          docker push "$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY/$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
           docker push "$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY/$TESTING_ECR_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest"
       
       - name: deploy lambda with new docker image