diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.elife.k8s.yml b/.gitlab-ci.elife.k8s.yml
index 131fdd0e429cae9a8d33dce61edc471b87a65e5b..b52ec6dd5fac77c6410c39acd84a1f6997c44a03 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.elife.k8s.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.elife.k8s.yml
@@ -37,26 +37,29 @@ stages:
 
 deploy:
   stage: deploy
-  #image: jshimko/kube-tools-aws:latest
-  image: ubuntu:18.04
+  image: jshimko/kube-tools-aws:latest
+  #image: ubuntu:18.04
   variables:
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: $ELIFE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: $ELIFE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
     AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: $ELIFE_AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
     ELIFE_CLUSTER_NAME: eks-elife-kotahi
+    TZ: Europe/Rome
   # before_script:
   #   - touch ~/.elife_k8s_config
   #   - echo "${ELIFE_K8S_CLUSTER_CONFIG}" >> ~/.elife_k8s_config
   script:
       - |
-        apt update
-        apt install awscli curl wget -y
-        curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
-        chmod +x ./kubectl && sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-        aws --version
-        kubectl version
+        #ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
+        #apt update
+        #apt install awscli curl wget -y
+        #curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+        #chmod +x ./kubectl
+        #mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+        #aws --version
+        kubectl config --kubeconfig=$ELIFE_CLUSTER_NAME set-cluster $ELIFE_CLUSTER_NAME --server=${ELIFE_K8S_CLUSTER_HOST} --certificate-authority=${ELIFE_K8S_CLUSTER_CA_CERTIFICATE}
         #aws --region=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION eks update-kubeconfig --name $ELIFE_CLUSTER_NAME
-        #kubectl cluster-info
+        kubectl cluster-info
         # helm repo add kotahi https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
         # helm dependency build helm/elife-kotahi
         # helm upgrade -i elife-kotahi \
diff --git a/server/model-manuscript/src/graphql.js b/server/model-manuscript/src/graphql.js
index 31b091fe5d3e25de9942123094e5640b62f43c34..d3e9407d9b05b61ebf6cd78adfe21d94d60afa81 100644
--- a/server/model-manuscript/src/graphql.js
+++ b/server/model-manuscript/src/graphql.js
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ const commonUpdateManuscript = async (_, { id, input }, ctx) => {
       ...manuscript.submission,
       ...manuscriptDelta.submission,
     },
+    meta: {
+      ...manuscript.meta,
+      ...manuscriptDelta.meta,
+    },
   }
 
   // if (manuscript.status === 'revise') {
@@ -274,10 +278,13 @@ const resolvers = {
       let manuscript = await ctx.models.Manuscript.query().findById(id)
 
       if (['elife'].includes(process.env.INSTANCE_NAME)) {
-        const turndownService = new TurndownService({bulletListMarker: '-'})
+        const turndownService = new TurndownService({ bulletListMarker: '-' })
+
         const requestBody = {
           uri: manuscript.submission.articleURL,
-          text: turndownService.turndown(manuscript.submission.evaluationContent),
+          text: turndownService.turndown(
+            manuscript.submission.evaluationContent,
+          ),
           tags: [manuscript.submission.evalType],
           // group: "q5X6RWJ6",
         }