diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 1d2beaa85b3..54b79bee00b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     needs: dspace-angular
     uses: dataquest-dev/dspace-angular/.github/workflows/deploy.yml@dtq-dev
+    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
     with:
       INSTANCE: '5'
       IMPORT: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54dfbbd80f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '**'
+
+env:
+  IMAGE_BASE_NAME: dataquest/dspace-angular
+
+jobs:
+  retag-FE-image:
+    steps:
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: retag image
+        run: |
+          docker pull ${{ env.IMAGE_BASE_NAME }}:${{ github.sha }}
+          docker tag ${{ env.IMAGE_BASE_NAME }}:${{ github.sha }} ${{ env.IMAGE_BASE_NAME }}:${{ github.ref_name }}
+
+      - name: push image
+        run: docker push ${{ env.IMAGE_BASE_NAME }}:${{ github.ref_name }}
+
diff --git a/scripts/sourceversion.py b/scripts/sourceversion.py
index 6ac25034273..73b8abf36f3 100644
--- a/scripts/sourceversion.py
+++ b/scripts/sourceversion.py
@@ -1,14 +1,29 @@
 import subprocess
+import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 
+# when next editing this script, please introduce argparse.
+# do not forget, it is called in BE by .github\workflows\reusable-docker-build.yml 
+# argparse must be introduced there. 
+# that action also calls BE version of this script, which is different (BE: scripts/sourceversion.py).
+# It must also cooperate with argparse
+
+# the idea is, that this will be different on each branch, but could be possibly passed by argv/argparse
+RELEASE_TAG_BASE='none'
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     ts = datetime.now()
-    print(f"timestamp: {ts}")
+    # we have html tags, since this script ends up creating VERSION_D.html
+    print(f"<h4>This info was generated on: <br> <strong> {ts} </strong> </h4>")
 
-    cmd = 'git log -1 --pretty=format:"%h - %ai"'
-    print(f">{cmd}")
+    cmd = 'git log -1 --pretty=format:"<h4>Git hash: <br><strong> %H </strong> <br> Date of commit: <br> <strong> %ai </strong></h4>"'
     subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
 
-    cmd = 'git status --porcelain'
-    print(f">{cmd}:")
-    subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
+    # when adding argparse, this should be a bit more obvious
+    link = sys.argv[1] + sys.argv[2]
+    print('<br> <h4>Build run: </h4> <a href="' + link + '"> ' + link + '</a> ')
+
+    link = "https://github.com/dataquest-dev/dspace-angular/releases/tag/" \
+        + RELEASE_TAG_BASE + "-" + datetime.now().strftime('%Y.%m.') + sys.argv[2]
+
+    print('<br> <br> <h4>Release link: </h4><a href="' + link + '"> ' + link + '</a> (if it does not work, then this is not an official release instance) ')