diff --git a/data/oci_model/release.py b/data/oci_model/release.py
index 2251be6a9..e474e114e 100644
--- a/data/oci_model/release.py
+++ b/data/oci_model/release.py
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ def get_app_release(repo, tag_name, media_type):
 
 
 def delete_app_release(repo, tag_name, media_type):
-  """ Delete a Tag/media-type couple """
+  """ Terminate a Tag/media-type couple
+  It find the corresponding tag/manifest and remove from the manifestlistmanifest the manifest
+  1. it terminates the current tag (in all-cases)
+  2. if the new manifestlist is not empty, it creates a new tag for it
+  """
   media_type_id = ManifestListManifest.media_type.get_id(manifest_media_type(media_type))
 
   with db_transaction():
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ def delete_app_release(repo, tag_name, media_type):
     return tag
 
 
-def create_app_release(repo, tag_name, manifest, digest, force=False):
+def create_app_release(repo, tag_name, manifest_data, digest, force=False):
   """ Create a new application release, it includes creating a new Tag, ManifestList,
       ManifestListManifests, Manifest, ManifestBlob.
 
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ def create_app_release(repo, tag_name, manifest, digest, force=False):
   """
   with db_transaction():
     # Create/get the package manifest
-    manifest = manifest_model.get_or_create_manifest(manifest, manifest['mediaType'])
+    manifest = manifest_model.get_or_create_manifest(manifest_data, manifest_data['mediaType'])
     # get the tag
     tag = tag_model.get_or_initialize_tag(repo, tag_name)
 
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ def create_app_release(repo, tag_name, manifest, digest, force=False):
     elif tag_model.tag_media_type_exists(tag, manifest.media_type):
       if force:
         delete_app_release(repo, tag_name, manifest.media_type.name)
+        return create_app_release(repo, tag_name, manifest_data, digest, force=False)
       else:
         raise PackageAlreadyExists("package exists already")
 
diff --git a/data/oci_model/tag.py b/data/oci_model/tag.py
index 4128ddc7d..56bea5a29 100644
--- a/data/oci_model/tag.py
+++ b/data/oci_model/tag.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def create_or_update_tag(repo, tag_name, manifest_list=None, linked_tag=None, ta
 
 def get_or_initialize_tag(repo, tag_name, tag_kind="release"):
   try:
-    return Tag.select().where(Tag.repository == repo, Tag.name == tag_name).get()
+    return tag_alive_oci(Tag.select().where(Tag.repository == repo, Tag.name == tag_name)).get()
   except Tag.DoesNotExist:
     return Tag(repo=repo, name=tag_name, tag_kind=Tag.tag_kind.get_id(tag_kind))
 
@@ -85,5 +85,3 @@ def filter_tags_by_media_type(tag_query, media_type):
        .join(ManifestListManifest, on=(ManifestListManifest.manifest_list == Tag.manifest_list))
        .where(ManifestListManifest.media_type == ManifestListManifest.media_type.get_id(media_type)))
   return t
-
-
diff --git a/endpoints/appr/test/test_api.py b/endpoints/appr/test/test_api.py
index 1804e80a8..655bcd14c 100644
--- a/endpoints/appr/test/test_api.py
+++ b/endpoints/appr/test/test_api.py
@@ -214,3 +214,17 @@ class TestQuayModels(CnrTestModels):
     p2.save()
     b2db = oci_blob.get_blob(p2.digest)
     assert b2db.id == bdb.id
+
+  def test_push_same_blob(self, db_with_data1):
+    p = db_with_data1.Package.get("titi/rocketchat", "2.0.1", 'kpm')
+    assert p.package == "titi/rocketchat"
+    assert p.release == "2.0.1"
+    assert p.digest == "d3b54b7912fe770a61b59ab612a442eac52a8a5d8d05dbe92bf8f212d68aaa80"
+    blob = db_with_data1.Blob.get("titi/rocketchat",
+                                  "72ed15c9a65961ecd034cca098ec18eb99002cd402824aae8a674a8ae41bd0ef")
+    p2 = db_with_data1.Package("titi/rocketchat", "2.0.1", "kpm", blob)
+    p2.save(force=True)
+    pnew = db_with_data1.Package.get("titi/rocketchat", "2.0.1", 'kpm')
+    assert pnew.package == "titi/rocketchat"
+    assert pnew.release == "2.0.1"
+    assert pnew.digest == "72ed15c9a65961ecd034cca098ec18eb99002cd402824aae8a674a8ae41bd0ef"