diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/handlers/application/lifecycle/ApplicationProfileManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/handlers/application/lifecycle/ApplicationProfileManager.java
index 2228dc7..683a4a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/handlers/application/lifecycle/ApplicationProfileManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/handlers/application/lifecycle/ApplicationProfileManager.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class ApplicationProfileManager extends ApplicationLifecycleHandler {
 
 				//if we've failed before first publication do not try to publish
 				//(we may well have failed there)
-				if (context.properties().contains(PUBLISHED_PROP)) {
+				if (!context.properties().contains(PUBLISHED_PROP)) {
 					log.info("publishing application for the first time");
 					context.properties().add(new Property(PUBLISHED_PROP, true));
 					if (context.lifecycle().state() != ApplicationState.failed) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/handlers/container/lifecycle/ContainerProfileManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/handlers/container/lifecycle/ContainerProfileManager.java
index 3f16126..c0eeb4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/handlers/container/lifecycle/ContainerProfileManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/handlers/container/lifecycle/ContainerProfileManager.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class ContainerProfileManager extends ContainerHandler {
 				log.info("Publish after profile Change event called");
 				//if we've failed before first publication do not try to publish
 				//(we may well have failed there)
-				if (context.properties().contains(PUBLISHED_PROP)) {
+				if (!context.properties().contains(PUBLISHED_PROP)) {
 					context.properties().add(new Property(PUBLISHED_PROP, true));
 					log.info("publishing container for the first time");
 					if (context.lifecycle().state() != ContainerState.failed) {
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class ContainerProfileManager extends ContainerHandler {
 							log.error("cannot publish container with publisher type {} (see details)", p.getClass().getCanonicalName(), e);
 						}
 					});
+
 			}
 
 			@Observes(value = addToContext)