diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6abe2e6e0..ab39a9a62 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 
 .PHONY: build-keri
 build-keri:
-	@docker build --no-cache -f images/keripy.dockerfile --tag gleif/keri:1.0.0 .
+	@docker buildx build --platform=linux/amd64 --no-cache -f images/keripy.dockerfile --tag weboftrust/keri:1.1.0 .
 
 .PHONY: build-witness-demo
 build-witness-demo:
-	@docker build --no-cache -f images/witness.demo.dockerfile --tag gleif/keri-witness-demo:1.0.0 .
+	@@docker buildx build --platform=linux/amd64 --no-cache -f images/witness.demo.dockerfile --tag weboftrust/keri-witness-demo:1.1.0 .
+
+.PHONY: publish-keri
+publish-keri:
+	@docker push weboftrust/keri --all-tags
+
+.PHONY: publish-keri-witness-demo
+publish-keri-witness-demo:
+	@docker push weboftrust/keri-witness-demo --all-tags
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/witness.demo.dockerfile b/images/witness.demo.dockerfile
index 6705c6cfe..f19b068ac 100644
--- a/images/witness.demo.dockerfile
+++ b/images/witness.demo.dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gleif/keri:1.0.0
+FROM gleif/keri:1.1.0
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 EXPOSE 5632
diff --git a/src/keri/app/httping.py b/src/keri/app/httping.py
index a0fc44c0d..6f815d4d8 100644
--- a/src/keri/app/httping.py
+++ b/src/keri/app/httping.py
@@ -221,10 +221,14 @@ def __init__(self):
     def request(self, method, url, body=None, headers=None):
         purl = parse.urlparse(url)
 
-        client = http.clienting.Client(scheme=purl.scheme,
-                                       hostname=purl.hostname,
-                                       port=purl.port,
-                                       portOptional=True)
+        try:
+            client = http.clienting.Client(scheme=purl.scheme,
+                                           hostname=purl.hostname,
+                                           port=purl.port,
+                                           portOptional=True)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"error establishing client connection={e}")
+            return None
 
         client.request(
             method=method,
diff --git a/src/keri/app/oobiing.py b/src/keri/app/oobiing.py
index c0ce0a7e6..41a5e6c92 100644
--- a/src/keri/app/oobiing.py
+++ b/src/keri/app/oobiing.py
@@ -455,7 +455,13 @@ def processClients(self):
                     except (kering.ValidationError, ValueError):
                         pass
 
-                    serder = serdering.SerderKERI(raw=bytearray(response["body"]))
+                    try:
+                        serder = serdering.SerderKERI(raw=bytearray(response["body"]))
+                    except ValueError:
+                        obr.state = Result.failed
+                        self.hby.db.coobi.rem(keys=(url,))
+                        self.hby.db.roobi.put(keys=(url,), val=obr)
+                        continue
                     if not serder.ked['t'] == coring.Ilks.rpy:
                         obr.state = Result.failed
                         self.hby.db.coobi.rem(keys=(url,))
@@ -512,6 +518,11 @@ def processRetries(self):
 
     def request(self, url, obr):
         client = self.clienter.request("GET", url=url)
+        if client is None:
+            self.hby.db.oobis.rem(keys=(url,))
+            print(f"error getting client for {url}, aborting OOBI")
+            return
+
         self.clients[url] = client
         self.hby.db.oobis.rem(keys=(url,))
         self.hby.db.coobi.pin(keys=(url,), val=obr)