diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index df36210..b9060bb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -22,16 +22,12 @@ steps:
   image: aaronriedel/kustomize-ci
   commands:
     - cd /deployment-repo
-    - git clone https://git.ar21.de/yolokube/core-deployments.git .
-    - cd /staging-repo
     - git clone -b $DRONE_BRANCH https://git.ar21.de/yolokube/core-deployments.git .
-    - cd /staging-repo/dashboard/overlays/staging
+    - cd /deployment-repo/dashboard/overlays/staging
     - kustomize build -o /deployment-repo/dashboard/staging/dashboard.yaml
   volumes:
   - name: deployment-repo
     path: /deployment-repo
-  - name: staging-repo
-    path: /staging-repo
   when:
     branch:
       exclude:
@@ -65,7 +61,7 @@ steps:
     path: /deployment-repo
     force: false
     commit: true
-    commit_message: "KUSTOMIZE BUILD STAGING: rebuild dashboard deployment with kustomize ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} [CI SKIP]"
+    commit_message: "KUSTOMIZE BUILD STAGING: rebuild dashboard deployment with kustomize ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} (done automagically via Drone pipeline)"
     ssh_key:
       from_secret: GITEA_SSH_KEY
   volumes:
@@ -80,8 +76,6 @@ steps:
 volumes:
 - name: deployment-repo
   temp: {}
-- name: staging-repo
-  temp: {}
 when:
   event:
     exclude:
diff --git a/dashboard/base/dashboard.yaml b/dashboard/base/dashboard.yaml
index 6076d3f..7d08c2a 100644
--- a/dashboard/base/dashboard.yaml
+++ b/dashboard/base/dashboard.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
           httpGet:
             path: /
             port: 8080
-          initialDelaySeconds: 4
+          initialDelaySeconds: 3
           periodSeconds: 3
 ---
 apiVersion: v1