diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1880968..cb2e422 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,24 +5,27 @@ help:
 
 repo=yardstick
 project=braid
-tag=$(shell git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
 branch=$(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-version=$(shell git describe --exact-match --tags $(git log -n1 --pretty='%h'))
-
-
-full: build push ## build the docker container completely
+tag=$(shell echo $(branch) | grep -Eo 'feature/([A-Za-z]+-[0-9]*)' | grep -Eo '[A-Za-z]+-[0-9]*' || \
+		echo $(branch) | grep -Eo '(release|hotfix)/[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+' | grep -Eo '[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+' || \
+		echo $(branch) | grep -Eo 'YASDEV-([[:digit:]]*)')
+full: build push
 
 
 build: ## build the production dockerfile
-	docker build -t $(repo)/$(project):$(tag) \
-		-t $(repo)/$(project):$(branch) \
-		.
-	if git describe --exact-match --tags $(shell git log -n1 --pretty='%h'); then \
-		docker tag $(repo)/$(project):$(tag) $(repo)/$(project):$(version); \
-	fi 
+	@if [[ -n "$(tag)" ]]; then \
+		echo "$(tag)" > docker_tag.txt; \
+		docker build -t $(repo)/$(project):$(tag) .; \
+    else \
+	    echo "Nothing to build."; \
+    fi
 push: ## push the production dockerfile
-	docker push $(repo)/$(project):$(tag)
-	docker push $(repo)/$(project):$(branch)
-	if git describe --exact-match --tags $(shell git log -n1 --pretty='%h'); then \
-		docker push $(repo)/$(project):$(version); \
-	fi
\ No newline at end of file
+	@if [[ -n "$(tag)" ]]; then \
+		docker push $(repo)/$(project):$(tag); \
+	else \
+		echo "Nothing to push."; \
+    fi
+
+display: ## display the tag/branch values for development testing
+	@echo "branch: $(branch)"
+	@echo "tag: $(tag)"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9bdd90..77c8bc3 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# BRAID v1.2.2
+# BRAID v1.2.3
 > Websocket server for the Measure platform
 
 [![Build Status](https://semaphoreci.com/api/v1/projects/7767f0f3-4da6-4c84-9167-4db5402a3262/2573412/badge.svg)](https://semaphoreci.com/yardstick/braid)
diff --git a/docker_tag.txt b/docker_tag.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0495c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_tag.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.2.3
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9837857..0f93e1b 100755
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "braid",
-  "version": "1.2.2",
+  "version": "1.2.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/config/app.ts b/src/config/app.ts
index 5cb5f8f..5887065 100644
--- a/src/config/app.ts
+++ b/src/config/app.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = {
-  version : '1.2.2',
+  version : '1.2.3',
   whitelist : (process.env.WHITELIST || 'http://admin.localhost').split(','),
   secret : process.env.SECRET || 'test',
   devToken: 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJkYXRhIjp7ImNsaWVudCI6InRlc3QiLCJjbGllbnRfdHlwZSI6InNpdGUiLCJ1c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJ1c2VyIiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MjAwLCJjaGFubmVsIjoidGVzdF9jaGFubmVsIn0sImF1ZCI6ImludGVybmFsIiwiaXNzIjoiWWFyZHN0aWNrIFNvZnR3YXJlIiwic3ViIjoiQnJhaWQgSldUIn0.5KNCov_EW1cycT4Ay0oSvk4Z4PHFedd3bWOyqkHHTBQ',