diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/ide/ide.service.ts b/dashboard/src/app/ide/ide.service.ts
index fc89df87e6f..48b1882d10a 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/ide/ide.service.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/ide/ide.service.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class IdeSvc {
   }
 
   startWorkspace(data: any): ng.IPromise<any> {
-    let startWorkspacePromise = this.cheAPI.getWorkspace().startWorkspace(data.id, data.config.defaultEnv);
+    let startWorkspacePromise = this.cheAPI.getWorkspace().startWorkspace(data.id, data.config ? data.config.defaultEnv: null);
     return startWorkspacePromise;
   }
 
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.controller.ts b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.controller.ts
index 99415db7ecc..4c92bdb28d3 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.controller.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.controller.ts
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export class CreateWorkspaceController {
    */
   createWorkspace(): ng.IPromise<che.IWorkspace> {
     // update workspace name
-    this.selectedDevfile.name = this.workspaceName;
+    this.selectedDevfile.metadata.name = this.workspaceName;
     return this.createWorkspaceSvc.createWorkspaceFromDevfile(this.selectedDevfile, null);
   }
 
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.service.ts b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.service.ts
index 25d7fddde28..ceb3b40c1cd 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.service.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/create-workspace/create-workspace.service.ts
@@ -193,9 +193,22 @@ export class CreateWorkspaceSvc {
     const namespaceId = this.namespaceSelectorSvc.getNamespaceId(),
           projectTemplates = this.projectSourceSelectorService.getProjectTemplates();
 
+    let projects = [];
+    projectTemplates.forEach((template: che.IProjectTemplate) => {
+      let project = {
+        name: template.displayName,
+        source: {
+          type: template.source.type,
+          location: template.source.location
+        }
+      };
+      projects.push(project);
+    });      
+
     return this.checkEditingProgress().then(() => {
-      workspaceDevfile.projects = projectTemplates;
-      this.addProjectCommands({devfile: workspaceDevfile}, projectTemplates);
+      workspaceDevfile.projects = projects;
+     //TODO waits for fix https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/13514
+     //this.addProjectCommands({devfile: workspaceDevfile}, projectTemplates);
       return this.cheWorkspace.createWorkspaceFromDevfile(namespaceId, workspaceDevfile, attributes).then((workspace: che.IWorkspace) => {
         return this.cheWorkspace.fetchWorkspaces().then(() => this.cheWorkspace.getWorkspaceById(workspace.id));
       })
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/list-workspaces/workspace-status-action/workspace-status.controller.ts b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/list-workspaces/workspace-status-action/workspace-status.controller.ts
index 2c8abd347be..7e339c587ea 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/list-workspaces/workspace-status-action/workspace-status.controller.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/list-workspaces/workspace-status-action/workspace-status.controller.ts
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ export class WorkspaceStatusController {
       return;
     }
     const workspace = this.cheWorkspace.getWorkspaceById(this.workspaceId);
-    if (!workspace || !workspace.config) {
+    if (!workspace) {
       return;
     }
 
     const status = this.getWorkspaceStatus();
     const isRunButton = status !== WorkspaceStatus.RUNNING && status !== WorkspaceStatus.STOPPING && status !== WorkspaceStatus.STARTING;
-    const environment = workspace.config.defaultEnv;
+    const environment = workspace.config ? workspace.config.defaultEnv : null;
 
     if (isRunButton) {
       this.updateRecentWorkspace(this.workspaceId);
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ export class WorkspaceStatusController {
     this.cheWorkspace.fetchStatusChange(this.workspaceId, 'ERROR').then((data: any) => {
       this.cheNotification.showError(data.error);
     });
-
     const promise = isRunButton ? this.cheWorkspace.startWorkspace(this.workspaceId, environment) : this.cheWorkspace.stopWorkspace(this.workspaceId);
     promise.catch((error: any) => {
       this.cheNotification.showError(`${isRunButton ? 'Run' : 'Stop'} workspace error.`, error);
diff --git a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-projects/workspace-details-projects.controller.ts b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-projects/workspace-details-projects.controller.ts
index 09e67b37278..1f725990fbf 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-projects/workspace-details-projects.controller.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/app/workspaces/workspace-details/workspace-projects/workspace-details-projects.controller.ts
@@ -190,11 +190,13 @@ export class WorkspaceDetailsProjectsCtrl {
       if (!projectTemplate.type && projectTemplate.projectType) {
         projectTemplate.type = projectTemplate.projectType;
       }
-
       this.workspaceDetailsProjectsService.addProjectTemplate(projectTemplate);
       this.workspaceDataManager.addProject(this.workspaceDetails, projectTemplate);
     });
-    this.createWorkspaceSvc.addProjectCommands(this.workspaceDetails, projectTemplates);
+    //TODO waits for fix https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/13514 to enable for devfile
+    if (this.workspaceDetails.config) {
+      this.createWorkspaceSvc.addProjectCommands(this.workspaceDetails, projectTemplates);
+    }
     this.projectsOnChange();
   }
 
diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/api/workspace/workspace-data-manager.ts b/dashboard/src/components/api/workspace/workspace-data-manager.ts
index cebe29247ea..7d3bada7c72 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/api/workspace/workspace-data-manager.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/api/workspace/workspace-data-manager.ts
@@ -96,10 +96,17 @@ export class WorkspaceDataManager {
    * @param workspace workspace 
    * @param project project to be added to pointed workspace 
    */
-  addProject(workspace: che.IWorkspace, project: any): void {
+  addProject(workspace: che.IWorkspace, projectTemplate: che.IProjectTemplate): void {
     if (workspace.config) {
-      workspace.config.projects.push(project);
+      workspace.config.projects.push(projectTemplate);
     } else if (workspace.devfile) {
+      let project = {
+        name: projectTemplate.displayName,
+        source: {
+          type: projectTemplate.source.type,
+          location: projectTemplate.source.location
+        }
+      };
       workspace.devfile.projects.push(project);
     }
   }
diff --git a/deploy/openshift/deploy_che.sh b/deploy/openshift/deploy_che.sh
index 055fee426bb..879bad8988c 100755
--- a/deploy/openshift/deploy_che.sh
+++ b/deploy/openshift/deploy_che.sh
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE=${DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE:-${DEFAULT_DEVFILE_REGIST
 DEFAULT_DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY="Always"
 export DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY=${DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY:-${DEFAULT_DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY}}
 
-DEFAULT_DEVFILE__REGISTRY__URL="NULL"
+DEFAULT_DEVFILE__REGISTRY__URL="https://che-devfile-registry.openshift.io/"
 export DEVFILE__REGISTRY__URL=${DEVFILE__REGISTRY__URL:-${DEFAULT_DEVFILE__REGISTRY__URL}}