diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 573ab94989c7e4d33e8710f6f9ef2ffb4404289e..ea308860cdd5b2d515dc62d5716e4a45463533a6 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.2] - 2021-06-10
+- ensure checks are published
+
 ## [0.1] - 2021-06-01
 - initial release
diff --git a/brian_polling_manager/interfaces.py b/brian_polling_manager/interfaces.py
index 2c0adef6f595f21ee42d64d32c1a89394cf40727..f824c0d69d30262a4d87501f5b6291213b817131 100644
--- a/brian_polling_manager/interfaces.py
+++ b/brian_polling_manager/interfaces.py
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ def _make_check(check_params, interface):
         'metadata': {
             'name': _check_name(interface),
             'namespace': check_params['namespace']
-        }
+        },
+        'publish': True
     }
 
 
 def _checks_match(a, b) -> bool:
+    if a['publish'] != b['publish']:
+        return False
     if a['command'] != b['command']:
         return False
     if a['interval'] != b['interval']:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 59ddd2c76c53cfbd00d4366fd7c9ac62f482ac9d..5869c7014767c852d01296b5faeb5a31625a889b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='brian-polling-manager',
-    version="0.1",
+    version="0.2",
     author='GEANT',
     author_email='swd@geant.org',
     description='service for managing BRIAN polling checks',