diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 598ab42..383d922 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
   <groupId>com.example</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-quarkus</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Test Quarkus</name>
+  <description>Sample Quarkus application exposing /status and /q/health endpoints</description>
+
   <properties>
     <compiler-plugin.version>3.15.0</compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
diff --git a/scripts/build-and-push.sh b/scripts/build-and-push.sh
index fc61487..eda4c5d 100755
--- a/scripts/build-and-push.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-and-push.sh
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ EOF
 }
 
 read_pom() {
-  local xpath="$1" fallback="$2"
+  local xpath="$1" fallback="$2" tag="${3:-}"
   local value=""
   if command -v xmllint >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     value=$(xmllint --xpath "string($xpath)" pom.xml 2>/dev/null || true)
   fi
-  if [[ -z "$value" ]]; then
-    value=$(grep -E "<artifactId>|<version>" pom.xml | head -2 \
-            | sed -E 's:.*<(artifactId|version)>(.*)</\1>.*:\2:')
+  if [[ -z "$value" && -n "$tag" ]]; then
+    value=$(grep -E "<${tag}>" pom.xml | head -1 \
+            | sed -E "s:.*<${tag}>(.*)</${tag}>.*:\1:")
   fi
   printf '%s' "${value:-$fallback}"
 }
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ fi
 PROJECT_DIR="$(pwd)"
 
 # ---------- defaults ----------
-[[ -z "$IMAGE_NAME" ]] && IMAGE_NAME=$(read_pom "/*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='artifactId']" "test-quarkus")
-[[ -z "$IMAGE_TAG"  ]] && IMAGE_TAG=$(read_pom  "/*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='version']"     "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+[[ -z "$IMAGE_NAME" ]] && IMAGE_NAME=$(read_pom "/*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='artifactId']" "test-quarkus" "artifactId")
+[[ -z "$IMAGE_TAG"  ]] && IMAGE_TAG=$(read_pom  "/*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='version']"     "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT" "version")
 [[ -z "$REMOTE"     ]] && die "Missing --remote USER@HOST[:PORT] (use --help)."
 
 IMAGE_REF="${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"