diff --git a/actions/actions.go b/actions/actions.go
index 56508c794..81647d90b 100644
--- a/actions/actions.go
+++ b/actions/actions.go
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var log = golog.Logger("actions")
+
+func init() {
+	golog.SetLogLevel("actions", "info")
+}
diff --git a/api/datasets.go b/api/datasets.go
index 7fc9cfcd7..e79dd80b6 100644
--- a/api/datasets.go
+++ b/api/datasets.go
@@ -663,8 +663,9 @@ func (h DatasetHandlers) publishHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
 
 	ref.Published = publish
 	p := &lib.SetPublishStatusParams{
-		Ref:            &ref,
-		UpdateRegistry: r.FormValue("no_registry") != "true",
+		Ref:               &ref,
+		UpdateRegistry:    r.FormValue("no_registry") != "true",
+		UpdateRegistryPin: r.FormValue("no_pin") != "true",
 	}
 	var ok bool
 	if err := h.DatasetRequests.SetPublishStatus(p, &ok); err != nil {
diff --git a/repo/ref.go b/repo/ref.go
index 4707d190b..8848fb12e 100644
--- a/repo/ref.go
+++ b/repo/ref.go
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ func CanonicalizeDatasetRef(r Repo, ref *DatasetRef) error {
 	if ref.Peername == "" {
 		ref.Peername = got.Peername
 	}
+	ref.Published = got.Published
 	if ref.Path != got.Path || ref.ProfileID != got.ProfileID || ref.Name != got.Name || ref.Peername != got.Peername {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Given datasetRef %s does not match datasetRef on file: %s", ref.String(), got.String())
 	}