diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index c710fd4..2d3496a 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ steps:
         --PORTAINER_EP=CICD-runner
         --GITEA_API_KEY=f449c74ec7f04e54fe1e481eae43492b34cea406
         --DEPLOY_REPO_URL=${DRONE_REPO_LINK}
-        --DEPLOY_REF=${DRONE_COMMIT_REF}
+        --DEPLOY_BRANCH=${DRONE_COMMIT_BRANCH}
         --DEPLOY_HOST=dvdemo.privatedns.org
-        --DEPLOY_NAME=${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA}
 
 trigger:
   event:
diff --git a/deploy/portainer/.env b/deploy/portainer/.env
index 5ac62d2..4a9c609 100644
--- a/deploy/portainer/.env
+++ b/deploy/portainer/.env
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@ PORTAINER_API_KEY=ptr_RwxH2Cd+htdD2FoFiG46erT9beyvj9VoF3BrQPtDH3Q=
 PORTAINER_EP=CICD-runner
 GITEA_API_KEY=f449c74ec7f04e54fe1e481eae43492b34cea406
 DEPLOY_REPO_URL=https://dvgit.privatedns.org/lars/DeployTests
-DEPLOY_REF=refs/heads/main
 DEPLOY_BRANCH=main
-DEPLOY_HOST=dvdemo.privatedns.org
-DEPLOY_PROJECT=ManualDeployTests
\ No newline at end of file
+DEPLOY_HOST=dvdemo.privatedns.org
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/portainer/deploy.py b/deploy/portainer/deploy.py
index caa0d54..dcb589c 100644
--- a/deploy/portainer/deploy.py
+++ b/deploy/portainer/deploy.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ required_env_vars = {
     'PORTAINER_EP': 'Portainer Environment EndPoint to deploy to',
     'GITEA_API_KEY': 'API-Key to access Gitea instance',
     'DEPLOY_REPO_URL': 'The repository URL to deploy',
-    'DEPLOY_REF': 'The git ref to deploy',
-    'DEPLOY_BRANCH': 'The branch to deploy'
+    'DEPLOY_BRANCH': 'The branch to deploy',
     'DEPLOY_HOST': 'The host name under which the deployment will be reachable',
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +70,12 @@ if endpoint_id is None:
 else:
     print(f'Found portainer endpoint \'{args.PORTAINER_EP}\' has id: \'{endpoint_id}\'.')
 
+repo_url = urlparse(args.DEPLOY_REPO_URL)
+gitea = f"{repo_url.scheme}://{repo_url.netloc}"
+repo_path = repo_url.path
+repo_parts = repo_path.strip('/').split('/')
+owner = repo_parts[0]
+repo = repo_parts[1]
 
 ### Template substitution for the portainer stack deployment ###
 portainer_deploy_payload = {
@@ -92,11 +97,11 @@ portainer_deploy_payload = {
     }
   ],
   "fromAppTemplate": False,
-  "name": args.DEPLOY_BRANCH,
+  "name": f"{owner}_{repo}_{args.DEPLOY_BRANCH.replace('/', '_')}".lower(),
   "repositoryAuthentication": True,
   "repositoryUsername": "cicd",
   "repositoryPassword": "gJ6@$7ZjWGyV4%i", 
-  "repositoryReferenceName": args.DEPLOY_REF,
+  "repositoryReferenceName": f"refs/heads/{args.DEPLOY_BRANCH}",
   "repositoryURL": args.DEPLOY_REPO_URL,
   "tlsskipVerify": False
 }
@@ -112,10 +117,6 @@ except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
     raise Exception(f'Could not deploy portainer stack: {err}')
 
 ### Add Webhook to Gitea ###
-repo_url = urlparse(deploy_repo)
-gitea = f"{repo_url.scheme}://{repo_url.netloc}"
-repo_path = repo_url.path
-
 webhook_payload = {
     "type": "gitea",
     "branch_filter": f"{args.DEPLOY_BRANCH}",