diff --git a/make/devsandbox-dashboard.mk b/make/devsandbox-dashboard.mk
index 92317c5fb..11f98ee54 100644
--- a/make/devsandbox-dashboard.mk
+++ b/make/devsandbox-dashboard.mk
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ UI_ENVIRONMENT := ui-e2e-tests
 SSO_USERNAME_READ := $(shell if [ -n "$(CI)" ]; then cat /usr/local/sandbox-secrets/SSO_USERNAME 2>/dev/null || echo ""; else echo "${SSO_USERNAME}"; fi)
 SSO_PASSWORD_READ := $(shell if [ -n "$(CI)" ]; then cat /usr/local/sandbox-secrets/SSO_PASSWORD 2>/dev/null || echo ""; else echo "${SSO_PASSWORD}"; fi)
 
-
-PUBLISH_UI ?= false
+PUBLISH_UI ?= true
 DEPLOY_UI ?= true
 
+ifneq ($(CLONEREFS_OPTIONS),)
+PUBLISH_UI = false
+endif
+
+
 .PHONY: get-and-publish-devsandbox-dashboard
 get-and-publish-devsandbox-dashboard:
 ifneq (${UI_REPO_PATH},)
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ test-devsandbox-dashboard-e2e: get-and-publish-devsandbox-dashboard e2e-run-devs
 
 .PHONY: test-devsandbox-dashboard-e2e-local
 test-devsandbox-dashboard-e2e-local: 
-	$(MAKE) get-and-publish-devsandbox-dashboard e2e-run-devsandbox-dashboard UI_REPO_PATH=${PWD}/../devsandbox-dashboard PUBLISH_UI=true DEPLOY_UI=true
+	$(MAKE) get-and-publish-devsandbox-dashboard e2e-run-devsandbox-dashboard UI_REPO_PATH=${PWD}/../devsandbox-dashboard
 
 .PHONY: clean-devsandbox-dashboard
 clean-devsandbox-dashboard: HOST_NS=$(shell oc get projects -l app=host-operator --output=name -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\n"}{end}' | sort | tail -n 1)