diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
index a2719986..239e88ee 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Deployment.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ export class Deployment {
   @Column('varchar')
     deployerLrn!: string;
 
+  @Column('varchar', { nullable: true })
+    auctionId!: string | null;
+
   @Column({
     enum: Environment
   })
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
index e877878a..646cff59 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class Project {
     description!: string;
 
   @Column('varchar', { nullable: true })
-    auctionId?: string | null;
+    auctionId!: string | null;
 
   @Column({ type: 'simple-array', nullable: true })
     deployerLrn!: string[] | null;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
index 04e5895a..17e670ed 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/registry.ts
@@ -377,8 +377,7 @@ export class Registry {
     return records.filter((record: AppDeploymentRecord) =>
       deployments.some(
         (deployment) =>
-          deployment.applicationRecordId === record.attributes.application &&
-          record.attributes.url.includes(deployment.id)
+          deployment.applicationRecordId === record.attributes.application
       )
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/service.ts b/packages/backend/src/service.ts
index 2306db02..19ef0d7d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/service.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/service.ts
@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@ export class Service {
       createdBy: Object.assign(new User(), {
         id: project.ownerId!,
       }),
-      deployerLrn: deployer
+      deployerLrn: deployer,
+      auctionId: project.auctionId
     });
 
     log(
@@ -777,7 +778,8 @@ export class Service {
         repository: repoUrl,
         environmentVariables: environmentVariablesObj,
         dns: `${newDeployment.project.name}`,
-        lrn
+        auctionId: project.auctionId!,
+        lrn: deployer,
       });
     }