diff --git a/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/02-db.yml b/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/02-db.yml
index 75a9afe85..6804af0bf 100644
--- a/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/02-db.yml
+++ b/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/02-db.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   kubernetes.core.k8s:
     kubeconfig: "{{ k8s_kubeconfig_path }}"
     state: present
-#    namespace: "{{ squest_namespace }}"
     namespace: "default"  # mandatory as they have hardcoded hooks in default NS
     definition: "{{ lookup('file', 'mariadb-operator.v0.22.0.yml') | from_yaml_all }}"
 
diff --git a/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/05-django.yml b/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/05-django.yml
index e1adbe3f9..9c96e153a 100644
--- a/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/05-django.yml
+++ b/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/05-django.yml
@@ -136,14 +136,10 @@
                 volumeMounts:
                   - mountPath: /app/static
                     name: django-static
-                  - mountPath: /app/media
-                    name: django-media
             restartPolicy: Never
             volumes:
-              - name: django-media
-                persistentVolumeClaim:
-                  claimName: django-media
               - name: django-static
+                readOnly: true
                 persistentVolumeClaim:
                   claimName: django-static
 
@@ -261,6 +257,7 @@
                 persistentVolumeClaim:
                   claimName: django-media
               - name: django-static
+                readOnly: true
                 persistentVolumeClaim:
                   claimName: django-static
               - name: nginx-config
@@ -319,3 +316,17 @@
                       name: django
                       port:
                         number: 8080
+
+- name: Wait until Django deployment available
+  kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+    kubeconfig: "{{ k8s_kubeconfig_path }}"
+    api_version: "apps/v1"
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: "django"
+    namespace: "{{ squest_namespace }}"
+    wait: yes
+    wait_sleep: 10
+    wait_timeout: 600
+    wait_condition:
+      type: Available
+      status: "True"
diff --git a/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/07-maintenance.yml b/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/07-maintenance.yml
index 6ff92972c..51c4aafc1 100644
--- a/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/07-maintenance.yml
+++ b/k8s/squest_k8s/tasks/07-maintenance.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
       data:
         nginx.conf: "{{ lookup('file', playbook_dir + '/../docker/maintenance.nginx.conf') }}"
         maintenance.html: "{{ lookup('file', playbook_dir + '/../docker/maintenance.html') }}"
+      binaryData:
+        squest_logo_v2_300_300.png: "{{ lookup('file', playbook_dir + '/../project-static/squest/img/squest_logo_v2_300_300.png')  |b64encode }}"
 
 - name: Deploy maintenance static page
   kubernetes.core.k8s:
@@ -56,14 +58,11 @@
                   - name: nginx-config-maintenance
                     mountPath: /usr/share/nginx/html/index.html
                     subPath: maintenance.html
-                  - mountPath: /usr/share/nginx/html/squest_logo_v2_300_300.png
-                    name: django-static
-                    subPath: ./squest/img/squest_logo_v2_300_300.png
+                  - name: nginx-config-maintenance
+                    mountPath: /usr/share/nginx/html/squest_logo_v2_300_300.png
+                    subPath: squest_logo_v2_300_300.png
             restartPolicy: Always
             volumes:
-              - name: django-static
-                persistentVolumeClaim:
-                  claimName: django-static
               - name: nginx-config-maintenance
                 configMap:
                   name: nginx-config-maintenance
@@ -72,6 +71,8 @@
                       path: nginx.conf
                     - key: maintenance.html
                       path: maintenance.html
+                    - key: squest_logo_v2_300_300.png
+                      path: squest_logo_v2_300_300.png
 
 - name: Maintenance service
   kubernetes.core.k8s:
diff --git a/k8s/update.yml b/k8s/update.yml
index d79c7242c..737a4f164 100644
--- a/k8s/update.yml
+++ b/k8s/update.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
               nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTP"
           spec:
             rules:
-              - host: "{{ squest_host_url }}"
+              - host: "{{ squest_django.ingress.host }}"
                 http:
                   paths:
                     - pathType: Prefix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                           port:
                             number: 80
 
-    - name: Update Django env as config map
+    - name: Update Django env config map
       kubernetes.core.k8s:
         kubeconfig: "{{ k8s_kubeconfig_path }}"
         namespace: "{{ squest_namespace }}"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
               app: squest
               service: django
             name: django-env
-          data: "{{ squest_django_env }}"
+          data: "{{ squest_django.env }}"
 
     - name: Delete migration job
       kubernetes.core.k8s:
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
               nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTP"
           spec:
             rules:
-              - host: "{{ squest_host_url }}"
+              - host: "{{ squest_django.ingress.host }}"
                 http:
                   paths:
                     - pathType: Prefix