diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8ea78d6c6187dd518ec9fb389aae2a666ba82c86..bb7d754baa751630b25598e182a30f062e9b6ebd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,21 @@ include:
     rules:
       - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "develop"'
 
+  - project: osl/code/org.etsi.osl.main
+    ref: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+    file: 
+      - ci-templates/default.yml
+      - ci-templates/build.yml
+    rules:
+      - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != "main" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != "develop"'
+
   - project: osl/code/org.etsi.osl.main
     ref: develop
     file: 
       - ci-templates/default.yml
       - ci-templates/build_unprotected.yml
     rules:
-      - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != "main" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != "develop"'
+      - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != "main" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != "develop" && !$CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED'
 
 maven_build:
   extends: .maven_build
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 16cb6ad840b2ca79c542ff399cfc53174f588ba5..f8fcd559916907bd5cd2a2f15837bcc367b20240 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ FROM ibm-semeru-runtimes:open-17.0.7_7-jdk
 MAINTAINER openslice.io
 RUN mkdir /opt/shareclasses
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/openslice/lib/
-COPY target/org.etsi.osl.portal.api-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar /opt/openslice/lib/
-CMD ["java", "-Xshareclasses:cacheDir=/opt/shareclasses","-jar", "/opt/openslice/lib/org.etsi.osl.portal.api-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"]
+COPY target/org.etsi.osl.portal.api-1.0.0.jar /opt/openslice/lib/
+CMD ["java", "-Xshareclasses:cacheDir=/opt/shareclasses","-jar", "/opt/openslice/lib/org.etsi.osl.portal.api-1.0.0.jar"]
 EXPOSE 13000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3bee24878b4ecbff47017c7411a7641ff7d73375..5fb311baea4bb6f66e463875734d1ce35adbfc0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.etsi.osl</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.etsi.osl.main</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.0.0</version>
 		<relativePath>../org.etsi.osl.main</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/portal/api/service/DeploymentDescriptorService.java b/src/main/java/portal/api/service/DeploymentDescriptorService.java
index 7244d5446e4cc36e25884053393c7838d2234e8f..246c7b5bfe320e2aff97b69542a95064e8f62c74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/portal/api/service/DeploymentDescriptorService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/portal/api/service/DeploymentDescriptorService.java
@@ -226,7 +226,15 @@ public class DeploymentDescriptorService {
 	        Hibernate.initialize(dd.getDeploymentDescriptorVxFInstanceInfo());
 	        Hibernate.initialize(dd.getMentor().getRoles());
 	        Hibernate.initialize(dd.getInfrastructureForAll().getRefSupportedImages());
-	        Hibernate.initialize(dd.getExperiment().getConstituentVxF());
+            Hibernate.initialize(dd.getExperiment().getConstituentVxF());
+            for (ConstituentVxF cvxf : dd.getExperiment().getConstituentVxF()) {
+              Hibernate.initialize( cvxf.getVxfref().getCategories());
+              Hibernate.initialize( cvxf.getVxfref().getExtensions() );
+              Hibernate.initialize( cvxf.getVxfref().getValidationJobs() );
+              Hibernate.initialize( cvxf.getVxfref().getSupportedMANOPlatforms() );
+              Hibernate.initialize( cvxf.getVxfref().getVxfOnBoardedDescriptors() );
+              Hibernate.initialize( cvxf.getVxfref().getVfimagesVDU() );
+            }
 	        Hibernate.initialize(dd.getExperimentFullDetails().getCategories());
 	        Hibernate.initialize(dd.getExperimentFullDetails().getExtensions());
 	        Hibernate.initialize(dd.getExperimentFullDetails().getValidationJobs());