diff --git a/.ci/podman.mk b/.ci/podman.mk
index f1794c8..2ab4469 100644
--- a/.ci/podman.mk
+++ b/.ci/podman.mk
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 # Parse version from latest git semver tag
-GTAG=$(shell git describe --tags --match v*.*.* 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
-TAG ?= $(shell echo $(GTAG) | awk -F '-' '{ print $$1 "-" $$2 }' | sed -e 's/-$$//')
-ARCH := amd64
+GIT_BRANCH ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
+GIT_TAG := $(shell git describe --tags --match v*.*.* 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
 
-# EXTRA_TAGS supposed to be set at the caller, eg. $(shell echo $(TAG) | awk -F '.' '{ print $$1 "." $$2 }')
+# append branch name to tag if NOT main nor master
+TAG := $(GIT_TAG)
+ifeq (,$(filter main master, $(GIT_BRANCH)))
+	ifneq ($(GIT_TAG), $(GIT_BRANCH))
+		TAG = $(GIT_TAG)-$(GIT_BRANCH)
+	endif
+endif
+
+# optionally set by the caller
+EXTRA_TAGS :=
+
+ARCH := amd64
+ALL_ARCHS := amd64 arm64
+_ARCH = $(or $(filter $(ARCH),$(ALL_ARCHS)),$(error $$ARCH [$(ARCH)] must be exactly one of "$(ALL_ARCHS)"))
 
 ifneq ($(TRIVY_REMOTE),)
-  TRIVY_OPTS := --server $(TRIVY_REMOTE)
+	TRIVY_OPTS := --server $(TRIVY_REMOTE)
 endif
 
 .SILENT: ; # no need for @
@@ -20,47 +32,51 @@ help: ## Show Help
 	grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' .ci/podman.mk | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
 build: ## Build the app
-	docker build --rm -t $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH) --build-arg TAG=$(TAG) --build-arg ARCH=$(ARCH) --platform linux/$(ARCH) .
+	buildah build --rm --layers -t $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH) --build-arg TAG=$(TAG) --build-arg ARCH=$(_ARCH) --platform linux/$(_ARCH) .
 
 test: rm-test-image ## Execute Dockerfile.test
 	test -f Dockerfile.test && \
-		{ docker build --rm -t $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-test --from=$(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG) -f Dockerfile.test --platform linux/$(ARCH) . && \
-			docker run --rm --env-host -t $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH)-test; } || \
+		{ buildah build --rm --layers -t $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-test --from=$(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG) -f Dockerfile.test --platform linux/$(_ARCH) . && \
+			podman run --rm --env-host -t $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH)-test; } || \
 		echo "No Dockerfile.test found, skipping test"
 
 scan: ## Scan image using trivy
-	echo "Scanning $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH) using Trivy $(TRIVY_REMOTE)"
-	trivy image $(TRIVY_OPTS) $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH)
+	echo "Scanning $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH) using Trivy $(TRIVY_REMOTE)"
+	trivy image $(TRIVY_OPTS) localhost/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH)
 
-# We create new manifest and add TAG-ARCH image
-# if manigest exists already, get it and add TAG-ARCH to eg. add arm64 to existing amd64
-push: ## push images to registry
-	for t in $(TAG) latest $(EXTRA_TAGS); \
-		do echo "creating and pushing: $$t"; \
-		docker tag $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH) $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$${t}-$(ARCH) && \
-		docker push $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$${t}-$(ARCH); \
-		podman manifest exists $(IMAGE):$$t || podman manifest create $(IMAGE):$$t; \
-		buildah manifest add $(IMAGE):$$t $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH) && docker manifest push $(IMAGE):$$t $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$$t; \
+# first tag and push all actual images
+# create new manifest for each tag and add all available TAG-ARCH before pushing
+push: ecr-login ## push images to registry
+	for t in $(TAG) latest $(EXTRA_TAGS); do \
+		echo "Tagging image with $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$${t}-$(ARCH)"
+		buildah tag $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH) $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$${t}-$(_ARCH); \
+		buildah manifest rm $(IMAGE):$$t || true; \
+		buildah manifest create $(IMAGE):$$t; \
+		for a in $(ALL_ARCHS); do \
+			buildah manifest add $(IMAGE):$$t $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$$a; \
+		done; \
+		echo "Pushing manifest $(IMAGE):$$t"
+		buildah manifest push --all $(IMAGE):$$t docker://$(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE):$$t; \
 	done
 
 ecr-login: ## log into AWS ECR public
-	aws ecr-public get-login-password --region $(REGION) | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin $(REGISTRY)
+	aws ecr-public get-login-password --region $(REGION) | podman login --username AWS --password-stdin $(REGISTRY)
 
 clean: rm-test-image rm-image ## delete local built container and test images
 
 rm-remote-untagged: ## delete all remote untagged images
 	echo "Removing all untagged images from $(IMAGE) in $(REGION)"
 	IMAGE_IDS=$$(for image in $$(aws ecr-public describe-images --repository-name $(IMAGE) --region $(REGION) --output json | jq -r '.imageDetails[] | select(.imageTags | not ).imageDigest'); do echo -n "imageDigest=$$image "; done) ; \
-	  [ -n "$$IMAGE_IDS" ] && aws ecr-public batch-delete-image --repository-name $(IMAGE) --region $(REGION) --image-ids $$IMAGE_IDS || echo "No image to remove"
+		[ -n "$$IMAGE_IDS" ] && aws ecr-public batch-delete-image --repository-name $(IMAGE) --region $(REGION) --image-ids $$IMAGE_IDS || echo "No image to remove"
 
 rm-image:
-	test -z "$$(docker image ls -q $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH))" || docker image rm -f $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH) > /dev/null
-	test -z "$$(docker image ls -q $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH))" || echo "Error: Removing image failed"
+	test -z "$$(podman image ls -q $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH))" || podman image rm -f $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH) > /dev/null
+	test -z "$$(podman image ls -q $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH))" || echo "Error: Removing image failed"
 
 # Ensure we run the tests by removing any previous runs
 rm-test-image:
-	test -z "$$(docker image ls -q $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH)-test)" || docker image rm -f $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH)-test > /dev/null
-	test -z "$$(docker image ls -q $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(ARCH)-test)" || echo "Error: Removing test image failed"
+	test -z "$$(podman image ls -q $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH)-test)" || podman image rm -f $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH)-test > /dev/null
+	test -z "$$(podman image ls -q $(IMAGE):$(TAG)-$(_ARCH)-test)" || echo "Error: Removing test image failed"
 
 ci-pull-upstream: ## pull latest shared .ci subtree
 	git stash && git subtree pull --prefix .ci ssh://git@git.zero-downtime.net/ZeroDownTime/ci-tools-lib.git master --squash && git stash pop
diff --git a/.ci/vars/buildPodman.groovy b/.ci/vars/buildPodman.groovy
index 0a3a539..e5ecff9 100644
--- a/.ci/vars/buildPodman.groovy
+++ b/.ci/vars/buildPodman.groovy
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ def call(Map config=[:]) {
           label 'podman-aws-trivy'
         }
       }
-
       stages {
         stage('Prepare') {
-          // get tags
           steps {
-            sh 'git fetch -q --tags ${GIT_URL} +refs/heads/${BRANCH_NAME}:refs/remotes/origin/${BRANCH_NAME}'
+            // pull tags
+            withCredentials([gitUsernamePassword(credentialsId: 'gitea-jenkins-user')]) {
+              sh 'git fetch -q --tags ${GIT_URL}'
+            }
+            sh 'make prepare || true'
           }
         }
 
@@ -36,8 +38,7 @@ def call(Map config=[:]) {
             TRIVY_OUTPUT = "reports/trivy.html"
           }
           steps {
-            sh 'mkdir -p reports'
-            sh 'make scan'
+            sh 'mkdir -p reports && make scan'
             publishHTML target: [
               allowMissing: true,
               alwaysLinkToLastBuild: true,
@@ -59,10 +60,11 @@ def call(Map config=[:]) {
           }
         }
 
-        // Push to ECR
+        // Push to container registry, skip if PR
         stage('Push') {
+          when { not { changeRequest() } }
           steps {
-            sh 'make ecr-login push'
+            sh 'make push'
           }
         }