diff --git a/build/prepare-release.sh b/build/prepare-release.sh
index b508ca77..35abcc86 100755
--- a/build/prepare-release.sh
+++ b/build/prepare-release.sh
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ docker tag "ambianic/ambianic-edge:latest" "ambianic/ambianic-edge:$MAJOR"
 docker push "ambianic/ambianic-edge:$MAJOR"
 docker tag "ambianic/ambianic-edge:latest" "ambianic/ambianic-edge:$MAJOR.$MINOR"
 docker push "ambianic/ambianic-edge:$MAJOR.$MINOR"
-docker tag "ambianic/ambianic-edge:latest" "ambianic/ambianic-edge $RELEASE_VERSION"
+docker tag "ambianic/ambianic-edge:latest" "ambianic/ambianic-edge:$RELEASE_VERSION"
 docker push "ambianic/ambianic-edge:$RELEASE_VERSION"
diff --git a/src/ambianic/webapp/flaskr.py b/src/ambianic/webapp/flaskr.py
index 1d2b96ca..66142756 100755
--- a/src/ambianic/webapp/flaskr.py
+++ b/src/ambianic/webapp/flaskr.py
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ def view_pipelines():
     def get_timeline():
         response_object = {'status': 'success'}
         req_page = request.args.get('page', default=1, type=int)
+        log.debug('Requested timeline events page" %d', req_page)
         nonlocal data_dir
         resp = samples.get_timeline(page=req_page, data_dir=data_dir)
         response_object['timeline'] = resp
diff --git a/src/ambianic/webapp/server/samples.py b/src/ambianic/webapp/server/samples.py
index bc133c49..e34b5810 100644
--- a/src/ambianic/webapp/server/samples.py
+++ b/src/ambianic/webapp/server/samples.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Restful services related to pipeline samples."""
+"""REST API for timeline events from pipeline samples."""
 import logging
 import uuid
 import datetime
@@ -157,8 +157,12 @@ def get_timeline(before_datetime=None, page=1, data_dir=None):
     log.debug('Fetched timeline file into struct of type %r with %d events: ',
               type(timeline_events),
               len(timeline_events))
-    # bring latest events to front
-    timeline_events.reverse()
+    # events are appended to the file as they arrive
+    # we need to read in reverse order to get the latest one first
+    timeline_slice = \
+        timeline_events[-1*page_start_position - 1:
+                        -1*page_end_position - 1:
+                        -1]
     # files = sorted(files, key=os.path.getmtime, reverse=True)
     # for json_file in files[page_start_position:page_end_position]:
     # if
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ def get_timeline(before_datetime=None, page=1, data_dir=None):
     #        samples.append(sample)
     # lines = map(str, files)
     # log.debug('File names follow:\n %s', "\n".join(lines))
-    return timeline_events
+    return timeline_slice
 
 
 def add_sample(new_sample=None):