diff --git a/.docker-hub/docker-compose.yml b/.docker-hub/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71c36fe104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docker-hub/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+services:
+  frontend-image:
+    image: ${REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${REPO_OWNER:-ecamp}/ecamp3-frontend:${VERSION:-latest}
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: .docker-hub/frontend/Dockerfile
+      # they have to be registered in GitHub under exactly this name in secrets or vars
+      args:
+        SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN:-}
+        SENTRY_ORG: ${SENTRY_ORG:-}
+        SENTRY_FRONTEND_PROJECT: ${SENTRY_FRONTEND_PROJECT:-}
+        SENTRY_RELEASE_NAME: ${RELEASE_NAME:-}
+  print-image:
+    image: ${REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${REPO_OWNER:-ecamp}/ecamp3-print:${VERSION:-latest}
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: .docker-hub/print/Dockerfile
+      # they have to be registered in GitHub under exactly this name in secrets or vars
+      args:
+        SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN:-}
+        SENTRY_ORG: ${SENTRY_ORG:-}
+        SENTRY_PRINT_PROJECT: ${SENTRY_PRINT_PROJECT:-}
+        SENTRY_RELEASE_NAME: ${RELEASE_NAME:-}
+  varnish-image:
+    image: ${REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${REPO_OWNER:-ecamp}/ecamp3-varnish:${VERSION:-latest}
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: .docker-hub/varnish/Dockerfile
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-and-push.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-and-push.yml
index bcb4d9fac7..1de5c55e2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-and-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-and-push.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-name: '[reusable only] Build images and push to registry'
+name: "[reusable only] Build images and push to registry"
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       tag:
@@ -17,14 +18,137 @@ on:
         required: true
       SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN:
 
+env:
+  DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
+  COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD: 1
+
 jobs:
+  build-info:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      repo-owner: ${{ steps.repo-owner.outputs.result }}
+      tags: ${{ steps.image-tags.outputs.image-tags }}
+      build-config: ${{ steps.build-info.outputs.result }}
+    steps:
+      #github forces lower case for the image name
+      - name: Get lowercase repo owner name
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        id: repo-owner
+        with:
+          result-encoding: string
+          script: |
+            return context.repo.owner.toLowerCase()
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+
+      - name: Set nightly tag if commit was on main
+        id: add-nightly-tag
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/devel')
+        run: |
+          echo "nightly-tag=nightly" | tr -d "\n"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Set latest tag if its a tag
+        id: add-latest-tag
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        run: |
+          echo "latest-tag=latest" | tr -d "\n"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        id: get-tag
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          result-encoding: string
+          script: |
+            return context.payload.ref.replace('refs/tags/', '')
+
+      - name: concat tags to list
+        id: image-tags
+        run: |
+          TAGS=$(cat <<-END
+              [
+              "${{ inputs.sha || github.sha }}",
+              "${{ steps.add-nightly-tag.outputs.nightly-tag }}",
+              "${{ steps.add-latest-tag.outputs.latest-tag }}",
+              "${{ steps.get-tag.outputs.result }}"
+              ]
+          END
+          )
+          TAGS=$(echo $TAGS | jq -c 'map(select(length > 0))')
+          echo "image-tags=$TAGS" | tr -d "\n"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Get build info
+        id: build-info
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          sudo snap install yq
+
+          export REPO_NAME=$(basename $(pwd))
+          echo "services:" > /tmp/docker-compose.yml
+          for i in $(find . -name docker-compose.yml); do
+             docker compose -f $i config | yq '.services | select(.[].build != null and .[].image != null)' | sed 's/^/  /' >> /tmp/docker-compose.yml
+          done
+
+          cat /tmp/docker-compose.yml
+
+          yq_pipe='.services'
+          yq_pipe=$yq_pipe'| to_entries[]'
+          yq_pipe=$yq_pipe'| select(.value.build != null and .value.image != null)'
+          yq_pipe=$yq_pipe'| .value.build.image=.value.image'
+          yq_pipe=$yq_pipe'| .value.build.service=.key'
+          yq_pipe=$yq_pipe'| .value.build'
+          yq_pipe=$yq_pipe'| .dockerfile=.context + "/" + .dockerfile'
+          yq_pipe=$yq_pipe'| [.]'
+          cat /tmp/docker-compose.yml | yq "$yq_pipe"
+          BUILD_INFO=$(cat /tmp/docker-compose.yml | yq "$yq_pipe" -o=json)
+          BUILD_INFO=$(echo $BUILD_INFO | jq -c -s add | sed "s|:local||g")
+          echo $BUILD_INFO
+          echo "result=$BUILD_INFO" | tr -d "\n"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          REPO_OWNER: ${{ vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME || steps.repo-owner.outputs.result }}
+          VERSION: local
+
   build-and-push:
-    name: Build images and push
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: "Build and push image ${{ matrix.build-config.service }}"
+    needs:
+      - build-info
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        build-config: ${{ fromJSON(needs.build-info.outputs.build-config) }}
+    env:
+      tags: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.tags }}
+      repo-owner: ${{ needs.build-info.outputs.repo-owner }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
         with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
+          fetch-depth: 100
+
+      - run: |
+          echo "inputs:"
+          cat <<-HEREDOC
+          ${{ toJSON(inputs) }}
+          HEREDOC
+
+          echo "build config:"
+          cat <<-HEREDOC
+          ${{ toJSON(matrix.build-config) }}
+          HEREDOC
+
+          echo "build tags:"
+          cat <<-HEREDOC
+          ${{ env.tags }}
+          HEREDOC
+
+          echo "build repo owner:"
+          cat <<-HEREDOC
+          ${{ env.repo-owner }}
+          HEREDOC
+
+          if [ ! echo "${{ matrix.build-config.image }}" | grep -Eq '^[a-zA-Z0-9._/-]+$' ]; then
+            echo "Error: Invalid Docker image name '${{ matrix.build-config.image }}'."
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
@@ -32,76 +156,108 @@ jobs:
       - name: Login to DockerHub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
-          username: ${{ vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME || env.repo-owner }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD }}
 
-      - name: Build and push frontend docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          push: true
-          file: .docker-hub/frontend/Dockerfile
-          tags: |
-            ${{ ((inputs.tag != '') && format('{0}/ecamp3-frontend:{1}', vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME, inputs.tag) || '') }}
-            ${{ vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/ecamp3-frontend:${{ inputs.sha }}
-          context: .
-          build-args: |
-            SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN=${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-            SENTRY_ORG=${{ vars.SENTRY_ORG }}
-            SENTRY_FRONTEND_PROJECT=${{ vars.SENTRY_FRONTEND_PROJECT }}
-            SENTRY_RELEASE_NAME=${{ inputs.sha }}
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=frontend
-          cache-to: type=gha,scope=frontend,mode=max
-
-      - name: Build and push api docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+      - name: find latest commit for image tag
+        id: get-latest-commit
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          context=$( echo '${{ toJSON(matrix.build-config) }}' | jq -r '.context' | sed "s|$PWD|.|g")
+          echo "context: $context"
+          dockerfile=$( echo '${{ toJSON(matrix.build-config) }}' | jq -r '.dockerfile' | sed "s|$PWD|.|g")
+          echo "dockerfile: $dockerfile"
+          git log --stat -n 1 $context $dockerfile
+          latest_commit=$(git log --pretty=format:"%H" -n 1 $context $dockerfile)
+          echo "latest_commit: $latest_commit"
+          echo "result=$latest_commit" | tr -d "\n"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: check if image already exists
+        id: check-image
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          docker pull ${{ matrix.build-config.image }}:${{ steps.get-latest-commit.outputs.result }}
+          image_exists=$?
+          set -e
+          if ([ $image_exists -eq 0 ]); then
+            echo "image already exists"
+            echo "result=true" | tr -d "\n"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "image does not exist"
+            echo "result=false" | tr -d "\n"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Add latest commit to image tag if image does not exist
+        id: add-latest-commit-to-tags-if-image-does-not-exist
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          push: true
-          file: api/Dockerfile
-          tags: |
-            ${{ ((inputs.tag != '') && format('{0}/ecamp3-api:{1}', vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME, inputs.tag) || '') }}
-            ${{ vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/ecamp3-api:${{ inputs.sha }}
-          context: './api'
-          target: frankenphp_prod
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=api
-          cache-to: type=gha,scope=api,mode=max
-
-      - name: Build and push print docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+          script: |
+            if (!${{ steps.check-image.outputs.result }}) {
+              return [...JSON.parse('${{ env.tags }}'), '${{ steps.get-latest-commit.outputs.result }}']
+            }
+            return JSON.parse('${{ env.tags }}')
+
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        id: expand-tags
         with:
-          push: true
-          file: .docker-hub/print/Dockerfile
-          tags: |
-            ${{ ((inputs.tag != '') && format('{0}/ecamp3-print:{1}', vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME, inputs.tag) || '') }}
-            ${{ vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/ecamp3-print:${{ inputs.sha }}
-          context: .
-          build-args: |
-            SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN=${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-            SENTRY_ORG=${{ vars.SENTRY_ORG }}
-            SENTRY_PRINT_PROJECT=${{ vars.SENTRY_PRINT_PROJECT }}
-            SENTRY_RELEASE_NAME=${{ inputs.sha }}
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=print
-          cache-to: type=gha,scope=print,mode=max
-
-      - name: Build and push varnish docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+          script: |
+            return JSON.parse('${{ steps.add-latest-commit-to-tags-if-image-does-not-exist.outputs.result }}').map(tag => `${{ matrix.build-config.image }}:${ tag }`)
+
+      - name: populate build args from secrets/vars
+        if: steps.check-image.outputs.result == 'false'
+        id: populate-build-args
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          push: true
-          file: .docker-hub/varnish/Dockerfile
-          tags: |
-            ${{ ((inputs.tag != '') && format('{0}/ecamp3-varnish:{1}', vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME, inputs.tag) || '') }}
-            ${{ vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/ecamp3-varnish:${{ inputs.sha }}
-          context: .
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=varnish
-          cache-to: type=gha,scope=varnish,mode=max
-
-      - name: Build and push db-backup-restore docker image
+          script: |
+            const buildArgValues = {
+              "SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN" : "${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}",
+              "SENTRY_FRONTEND_PROJECT" : "${{ vars.SENTRY_FRONTEND_PROJECT }}",
+              "SENTRY_ORG" : "${{ vars.SENTRY_ORG }}",
+              "SENTRY_PRINT_PROJECT" : "${{ vars.SENTRY_PRINT_PROJECT }}",
+              "SENTRY_RELEASE_NAME" : "${{ inputs.sha }}",
+            }
+            const args = JSON.parse(`${{ toJSON(matrix.build-config.args) }}`)
+            let result = ""
+            for (const arg in args) {
+              if (buildArgValues[arg]) {
+                args[arg] = buildArgValues[arg]
+              }
+            }
+            return args
+
+      - name: transform build args
+        if: steps.check-image.outputs.result == 'false'
+        id: transform-build-args
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          echo 'result<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo '${{ steps.populate-build-args.outputs.result }}' | yq -p json >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: debug transform build args output
+        if: steps.check-image.outputs.result == 'false'
+        run: |
+          echo "result: ${{ steps.transform-build-args.outputs.result }}"
+          echo "result: ${{ toJSON(steps.transform-build-args.outputs) }}"
+
+      - name: Build and push image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        if: steps.check-image.outputs.result == 'false'
         with:
           push: true
-          file: .helm/ecamp3/files/db-backup-restore-image/Dockerfile
-          tags: |
-            ${{ ((inputs.tag != '') && format('{0}/ecamp3-db-backup-restore:{1}', vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME, inputs.tag) || '') }}
-            ${{ vars.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/ecamp3-db-backup-restore:${{ inputs.sha }}
-          context: .
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=db-backup-restore
-          cache-to: type=gha,scope=db-backup-restore,mode=max
+          file: ${{ matrix.build-config.dockerfile }}
+          tags: ${{ join(fromJSON(steps.expand-tags.outputs.result)) }}
+          context: ${{ matrix.build-config.context }}
+          build-args: |
+            ${{ steps.transform-build-args.outputs.result }}
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.build-config.image }}
+          cache-to: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.build-config.image }},mode=max
+
+      - name: Retag and push images
+        if: steps.check-image.outputs.result == 'true'
+        run: |
+          for tag in $(echo '${{ env.tags }}' | jq -r '.[]'); do
+            docker tag ${{ matrix.build-config.image }}:${{ steps.get-latest-commit.outputs.result }} ${{ matrix.build-config.image }}:${tag}
+            docker push ${{ matrix.build-config.image }}:${tag}
+          done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-e2e-tests-build.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-e2e-tests-build.yml
index 5500b8a011..a7d34f98e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-e2e-tests-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-e2e-tests-build.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           load: true
           target: frankenphp_prod
           builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
-          tags: ecamp/ecamp3-dev-api
+          tags:  docker.io/ecamp/ecamp3-api:latest
           cache-from: type=gha,scope=api
           cache-to: type=gha,scope=api,mode=max
           outputs: type=docker,dest=/tmp/ecamp3-dev-api.tar
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
index 27143a7265..429c499a71 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 services:
   api:
+    image: ''
     build:
       target: frankenphp_dev
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6d793a3e0c..a0b218d3ae 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
       - pdf
 
   api:
-    image: ecamp/ecamp3-dev-api
+    image: ${REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${REPO_OWNER:-ecamp}/ecamp3-api:${VERSION:-latest}
     build:
       context: ./api
       target: frankenphp_prod