diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index e5c3e37..3f6583c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ alias:
   - &IMAGE_DEPLOY_ID ${DRONE_REPO,,}:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA}
 
   # Defines which branches will trigger a docker image push our Google Cloud Registry (tags are always published)
-  - &GCR_PUBLISH_BRANCHES [main, mr/go]
+  - &GCR_PUBLISH_BRANCHES [main, dev]
 
     # Docker registry publish default settings
   - &GCR_REGISTRY_SETTINGS
diff --git a/reference/lib/vs.sh b/reference/lib/vs.sh
index 738e18f..15ce450 100644
--- a/reference/lib/vs.sh
+++ b/reference/lib/vs.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ vs_apply_retain_policy() {
     log "processing ns='${ns}' pvc_label='${pvc_label}' retain_label='${retain_label}' retain_count='${retain_count}'..."
 
     # we keep the last $retain_count daily snapshots, let's get all current volumesnapshots with the label "$retain_label" sorted by latest asc
-    local sorted_snapshots; sorted_snapshots=$(kubectl -n "$ns" get volumesnapshot -l"$retain_label","$pvc_label" -o=jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\n"}{end}' --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp | tac)
+    # ensure to use .status.creationTime instead of .metadata.creationTimestamp as restored vs from dangling vsc (new preprovided vsc) are correctly sorted again!
+    local sorted_snapshots; sorted_snapshots=$(kubectl -n "$ns" get volumesnapshot -l"$retain_label","$pvc_label" -o=jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\n"}{end}' --sort-by=.status.creationTime | tac)
 
     local snapshots_retained; snapshots_retained=$(echo "$sorted_snapshots" | head -n "$retain_count")