diff --git a/.github/scripts/release_code.sh b/.github/scripts/release_code.sh
index 1e56b3999..024676406 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release_code.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release_code.sh
@@ -13,17 +13,24 @@ TRUSTSTORE_BUCKET_NAME=$(echo "${TRUSTSTORE_BUCKET_ARN}" | cut -d ":" -f 6)
 LATEST_TRUSTSTORE_VERSION=$(aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket "${TRUSTSTORE_BUCKET_NAME}" --prefix "${TRUSTSTORE_FILE}" --query 'Versions[?IsLatest].[VersionId]' --output text)
 export LATEST_TRUSTSTORE_VERSION
 
+# get current deployed colour
+a
+#ws cloudformation  describe-stacks --stack-name "${stack_name}"
+
 # deploy blue stack
 original_stack_name=${stack_name}
 stack_name="${original_stack_name}-blue"
 export stack_name
+export deployment_colour="blue"
+export RestApiGateway="n/a"
+export RestApiGatewayStage="n/a"
 cd ../../.aws-sam/build.main || exit
 make sam-deploy-package
 
 # get blue stack exports
-RestApiGateway=$(aws cloudformation list-exports --output json | jq -r '.Exports[] | select(.Name == "${StackName}:RestApi:Gateway") | .Value' | grep -o '[^:]*$')
+RestApiGateway=$(aws cloudformation list-exports --output json | jq -r '.Exports[] | select(.Name == "${stack_name}:RestApi:Gateway") | .Value' | grep -o '[^:]*$')
 export RestApiGateway
-RestApiGatewayStage=$(aws cloudformation list-exports --output json | jq -r '.Exports[] | select(.Name == "${StackName}:RestApi:Gateway:Stage") | .Value' | grep -o '[^:]*$')
+RestApiGatewayStage=$(aws cloudformation list-exports --output json | jq -r '.Exports[] | select(.Name == "${stack_name}:RestApi:Gateway:Stage") | .Value' | grep -o '[^:]*$')
 export RestApiGatewayStage
 
 # deploy api-domain stack
@@ -35,5 +42,8 @@ make sam-deploy-package
 # deploy green stack
 stack_name="${original_stack_name}-green"
 export stack_name
+export deployment_colour="green"
+export RestApiGateway="n/a"
+export RestApiGatewayStage="n/a"
 cd ../../.aws-sam/build.main || exit
 make sam-deploy-package
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 546781bf6..b31d8fd97 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ sam-deploy-package: guard-artifact_bucket guard-artifact_bucket_prefix guard-sta
 		--role-arn $$cloud_formation_execution_role \
 		--no-confirm-changeset \
 		--force-upload \
-		--tags "version=$$VERSION_NUMBER" \
+		--tags 	Key=version,Value=$$VERSION_NUMBER \
+				Key=deployment_colour,Value=$$deployment_colour \
 		--parameter-overrides \
 			  TruststoreVersion=$$LATEST_TRUSTSTORE_VERSION \
 			  EnableMutualTLS=$$enable_mutual_tls \