diff --git a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
index 213c65aa..961d0003 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   ApplicationDeploymentRequest,
   ApplicationDeploymentRemovalRequest
 } from './entity/Deployment';
-import { AppDeploymentRecord, AppDeploymentRemovalRecord, AuctionParams, DeployerRecord, DNSRecord, DNSRecordAttributes } from './types';
+import { AppDeploymentRecord, AppDeploymentRemovalRecord, AuctionParams, DeployerRecord, DNSRecord } from './types';
 import { getConfig, getRepoDetails, registryTransactionWithRetry, sleep } from './utils';
 
 const log = debug('snowball:registry');
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ export class Registry {
   }
 
   /**
- * Fetch deployment DNS record by Id
+ * Fetch record by Id
  */
-  async getDNSRecordById(id: string): Promise<DNSRecord[]> {
+  async getRecordById(id: string): Promise<DNSRecord[]> {
     return this.registry.getRecordsByIds([id]);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/service.ts b/packages/backend/src/service.ts
index d7804bad..5701c1f8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/service.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/service.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export class Service {
         log(`Project ${deployment.projectId} not found`);
         return;
       } else {
-        const dnsRecords = await this.laconicRegistry.getDNSRecordById(record.attributes.dns);
+        const dnsRecords = await this.laconicRegistry.getRecordById(record.attributes.dns);
 
         const dnsRecordData: DNSRecordAttributes = {
           name: dnsRecords[0].attributes.name,
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export class Service {
           projectDeployment.deployer.deployerLrn ===
             deployment.deployer.deployerLrn &&
           projectDeployment.id !== deployment.id &&
-          !deployment.isDNS,
+          !projectDeployment.isDNS,
       );
       for (const oldDeployment of oldDeployments) {
         await this.db.updateDeployment(