diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a916df625e50aad1e62a22bdf8e0a2fb91defac9..953f6256a59c4cf9e7ade7fe25bbff05e02789c5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ deploy:
     REGISTRY_URL: sharing-codeability.uibk.ac.at:5051
     IMAGE_TAG: sharing-codeability.uibk.ac.at:5051/development/sharing/codeability-sharing-platform/gitsearch/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
   script:
-    - ssh contDeploy@codeability-austria -p 1022 "export CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME && export COMMIT_DATE=$(git show -s --format=%ct $CI_COMMIT_SHA) && cd gitsearch2/gitsearch && git fetch && git stash && git checkout $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME && git pull && ./manual_deploy.sh && exit"
+    - ssh contDeploy@codeability-austria -p 1022 "export CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME && export COMMIT_DATE=$(git show -s --format=%ct $CI_COMMIT_SHA) && export GITSEARCH_PATH=${GITSEARCH_PATH} && cd gitsearch2/gitsearch && git fetch && git stash && git checkout $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME && git pull && ./manual_deploy.sh && exit"
   when: manual
 
 deployProd:
diff --git a/manual_deploy.sh b/manual_deploy.sh
index 68512f3a1b69ea17685d15e5cfae587610e05534..afbab0850dd5e29b1a854de8359271eadb454feb 100755
--- a/manual_deploy.sh
+++ b/manual_deploy.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-echo "Deploying Gitsearch"
+echo "Deploying Gitsearch in directory ${GITSEARCH_PATH}" 
 
 
 if [[ -z "${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}" ]]; then
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ else
     source /home/contDeploy/gitsearch2/gitsearch/src/main/docker/.env
   else
     # Handle other branches or provide a default
-    echo "Using default or other branch settings"
+    echo "Using default or other branch settings for ${GITBRANCH}"
   fi
 
   echo "Deploying via pipeline"
diff --git a/src/main/resources/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/service/gitlab_events/metaData_elasticSearch.schema.json b/src/main/resources/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/service/gitlab_events/metaData_elasticSearch.schema.json
index 0b9ecd2e993bf6878cf7448db16f748d5b90d702..d4498a47b1ee7d37407a0c451f8f400ddaccffc2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/service/gitlab_events/metaData_elasticSearch.schema.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/at/ac/uibk/gitsearch/service/gitlab_events/metaData_elasticSearch.schema.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
   "title": "Metadata",
-  "description": "A metadata description of a repository",
+  "description": "A metadata description of a repository. This is used for syntax checking of incoming meta data.",
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
     "assesses": {