diff --git a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
index d678d131..206bf6b4 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
 } from './entity/Deployment';
 import { AppDeploymentRecord, AppDeploymentRemovalRecord, AuctionData } from './types';
 import { getConfig, getRepoDetails, sleep } from './utils';
-import { Auction } from '@cerc-io/registry-sdk/dist/proto/cerc/auction/v1/auction';
 
 const log = debug('snowball:registry');
 
@@ -428,8 +427,8 @@ export class Registry {
     const auctions = await this.registry.getAuctionsByIds(validAuctionIds);
 
     const completedAuctions = auctions
-      .filter((auction: Auction) => auction.status === 'completed')
-      .map((auction: Auction) => auction.id);
+      .filter((auction: { id:  string, status: string }) => auction.status === 'completed')
+      .map((auction: { id:  string, status: string }) => auction.id);
 
     return completedAuctions;
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/service.ts b/packages/backend/src/service.ts
index 5ec8d2fe..a1b2a90d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/service.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/service.ts
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export class Service {
 
     if (completedAuctionIds) {
       const projectsToBedeployed = projects.filter((project) =>
-        completedAuctionIds.includes(project.auctionId!)
+        completedAuctionIds.includes(project.auctionId!) && project.deployerLrns !== null
       );
 
       for (const project of projectsToBedeployed) {
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ export class Service {
       await this.updateProject(project.id, { auctionId: applicationDeploymentAuctionId })
     } else {
       await this.createDeployment(user.id, octokit, deploymentData, lrn!);
+      await this.updateProject(project.id, { deployerLrns: [lrn!] })
     }
 
     await this.createRepoHook(octokit, project);
@@ -948,9 +949,7 @@ export class Service {
       });
 
       const deployers = project.deployerLrns;
-      if (!deployers) {
-        return;
-      }
+      if (!deployers) return;
 
       for (const deployer of deployers) {
         // Create deployment with branch and latest commit in GitHub data
@@ -970,7 +969,6 @@ export class Service {
         );
       }
     }
-
   }
 
   async updateProject(
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/types.ts b/packages/backend/src/types.ts
index 4b0b02f9..2bb58104 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/types.ts
@@ -72,26 +72,6 @@ export interface AddProjectFromTemplateInput {
   isPrivate: boolean;
 }
 
-export interface Auction {
-  id: string;
-  kind: string;
-  status: string;
-  ownerAddress: string;
-  createTime: Date;
-  commitsEndTime: Date;
-  revealsEndTime: Date;
-  commitFee: string;
-  revealFee: string;
-  minimumBid?: string;
-  winnerAddresses: string[];
-  winnerBids?: string[];
-  winnerPrice?: string;
-  maxPrice?: string;
-  numProviders: number;
-  fundsReleased: boolean;
-  bids: string[];
-}
-
 export interface AuctionData {
   maxPrice: string,
   numProviders: number,