diff --git a/backend/kustomize/base/webserver/deployment.yaml b/backend/kustomize/base/webserver/deployment.yaml
index 916a100036aef105538e198be3975938326a0473..17f438dffe24bcad7ed7095d1282d057f5f6aa06 100644
--- a/backend/kustomize/base/webserver/deployment.yaml
+++ b/backend/kustomize/base/webserver/deployment.yaml
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: oetzi
-          # NOTE: use `minikube image load oetzi:latest` to push into container runtime
-          image: oetzi:latest
-          # NOTE: Never is useful only for locla testing in order to load image from cache
-          imagePullPolicy: Never
+          image: oetzi-webserver-image
           resources: {}
           ports:
             - name: http
diff --git a/backend/kustomize/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml b/backend/kustomize/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml
index 8c65202f309dacadd6c4c5aa92726b4638dc8a16..7bec927708491e46352d1fec098d51fac30a321d 100644
--- a/backend/kustomize/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/backend/kustomize/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ commonLabels:
 patchesStrategicMerge:
   - database.deployment.yaml
   - webserver.deployment.yaml
+images:
+  - name: oetzi-webserver-image
+    # NOTE: use `minikube image load oetzi:latest` to push into container runtime
+    newName: oetzi
+    newTag: latest
 secretGenerator:
   - literals:
       - username=db_user
diff --git a/backend/kustomize/overlays/dev/webserver.deployment.yaml b/backend/kustomize/overlays/dev/webserver.deployment.yaml
index f97a94a975fb13a29be255f4910eef18f6549bf4..f4bfe4fc6c6272f9b1d9704073c2aaf82b3bd18b 100644
--- a/backend/kustomize/overlays/dev/webserver.deployment.yaml
+++ b/backend/kustomize/overlays/dev/webserver.deployment.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: oetzi
+          imagePullPolicy: Never
           env:
             - name: DATABASE_URL
               valueFrom:
diff --git a/backend/kustomize/overlays/stg/kustomization.yaml b/backend/kustomize/overlays/stg/kustomization.yaml
index 8e083e47ccf448e3ad136618043be1063de0ceb7..de5533784877a1dc07d8afa61cf9bc15de9f2657 100644
--- a/backend/kustomize/overlays/stg/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/backend/kustomize/overlays/stg/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ commonLabels:
 patchesStrategicMerge:
   - database.deployment.yaml
   - webserver.deployment.yaml
+images:
+  - name: oetzi-webserver-image
+    newName: gitlab.inf.unibz.it:4567/commul/oetzi/backend
+    newTag: latest
 secretGenerator:
   # TODO: avoid using literals
   - literals:
diff --git a/backend/kustomize/overlays/stg/webserver.deployment.yaml b/backend/kustomize/overlays/stg/webserver.deployment.yaml
index f97a94a975fb13a29be255f4910eef18f6549bf4..0f3cf5e8c58d73271231db05a4e56988d5477064 100644
--- a/backend/kustomize/overlays/stg/webserver.deployment.yaml
+++ b/backend/kustomize/overlays/stg/webserver.deployment.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: oetzi
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: DATABASE_URL
               valueFrom: