diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-helm.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-helm.yml
index 17cdd83c..3ab15df9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-helm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-helm.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: 'Deploy'
       run: |
+        echo "Does not yet work. need to reconfigure TLS, hostname etc"
+        exit 1
         kubecfg_path=${{ runner.temp }}/.kube_config
         echo "${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG }}" > $kubecfg_path
 
diff --git a/.helm/voluba-prod/Chart.yaml b/.helm/voluba-prod/Chart.yaml
index d8bed997..baad33ac 100644
--- a/.helm/voluba-prod/Chart.yaml
+++ b/.helm/voluba-prod/Chart.yaml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ version: 0.1.1
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "1.1.2"
+appVersion: "1.1.3"
diff --git a/frontend/src/const.ts b/frontend/src/const.ts
index d36f1b5a..0ed556a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/const.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/const.ts
@@ -242,14 +242,20 @@ export type TVolume = {
   visibility?: 'public' | 'private' | 'custom' | 'useradded' | 'bundled'
 }
 
-export function expandUrl(url: string): string {
-  if (/^https?:\/\//.test(url)) {
-    return url
+export function parseGSUrl(url: string): string {
+  const urlProtocolPattern = /^([^:\/]+):\/\/([^\/]+)((?:\/.*)?)$/
+  const match = url.match(urlProtocolPattern)
+  if (!match) {
+    throw new Error(`url does not follow the pattern {protocol}://{host}/{path}`)
   }
-  if (/^gs:\/\//.test(url)) {
-    return url.replace(/^gs:\/\//, 'https://storage.googleapis.com/')
+  const u = {protocol: match[1], host: match[2], path: match[3]};
+  
+  if (u.protocol !== "gs") {
+    throw new Error(`GS URL must start with gs://, but ${url} does not`)
   }
-  throw new Error(`${url} cannot be parsed correctly`)
+  const path = encodeURIComponent(u.path.substring(1))
+  return `https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/${u.host}/o/${path}?alt=media`;
+
 }
 
 const protocol: Record<string, keyof Volume['providers']> = {
diff --git a/frontend/src/state/inputs/selectors.ts b/frontend/src/state/inputs/selectors.ts
index da84a64a..47198940 100644
--- a/frontend/src/state/inputs/selectors.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/state/inputs/selectors.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createSelector, select } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { nameSpace, LocalState } from './consts';
 import { Observable, combineLatest, distinctUntilChanged, forkJoin, from, map, of, pipe, switchMap, throwError } from 'rxjs';
-import { arrayEqual, canBeConverted, cvtToNm, expandUrl, TVolume } from 'src/const';
+import { arrayEqual, canBeConverted, cvtToNm, TVolume, parseGSUrl } from 'src/const';
 
 
 const featureSelector = (state: any) => state[nameSpace] as LocalState;
@@ -67,13 +67,12 @@ const incInfoPipe = pipe(
       )
     }
     if (!!n5Url) {
-      const correctedN5Url = expandUrl(n5Url)
       return forkJoin([
         fetch(
-          `${correctedN5Url}/attributes.json`
+          parseGSUrl(`${n5Url}/attributes.json`)
         ).then(res => res.json() as Promise<{ resolution: number[], units: string[] }>),
         fetch(
-          `${correctedN5Url}/s0/attributes.json`
+          parseGSUrl(`${n5Url}/s0/attributes.json`)
         ).then(res => res.json() as Promise<{ blockSize: number[], dimensions: number[] }>),
       ]).pipe(
         map(([root, s0]) => {