diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d8e19ac89b0f3247a1db748402cb03f9400385a1..aef0d237a922acb34045e088f4636f50cfd9666e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ docker-build:
   variables:
     DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
   before_script:
+    - docker info
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
   # All branches are tagged with $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME (defaults to commit ref slug)
   # Default branch is also tagged with `latest`
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ docker-build:
     - docker build --pull -t "$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME" .
     - docker push "$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME"
     - |
-      if [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]]; then
+      if [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "release" ]]; then
         docker tag "$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME" "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest"
         docker push "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest"
       fi