diff --git a/index/Makefile b/index/Makefile
index 34588f5..b39c322 100644
--- a/index/Makefile
+++ b/index/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
-LOGIN ?= 
-PASSWORD ?= 
-TEAM_ID ?= 
+LOGIN ?=
+PASSWORD ?=
+TEAM_ID ?= 35230
 DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL ?= 83.166.249.64:5000
 PORT ?= 8000
 
 IMAGE = $(DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL)/$(TEAM_ID)/index-service:latest
 
-.PHONY: login build run push
+.PHONY: login build run push release
 
 login:
-	@: $(if $(LOGIN),,$(error LOGIN is required for make login))
-	@: $(if $(PASSWORD),,$(error PASSWORD is required for make login))
-	docker login $(DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL) -u $(LOGIN)  -p $(PASSWORD)
+	@: $(if $(LOGIN),,$(error LOGIN is required))
+	@: $(if $(PASSWORD),,$(error PASSWORD is required))
+	docker login $(DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL) -u $(LOGIN) -p $(PASSWORD)
 
 build:
-	@: $(if $(TEAM_ID),,$(error TEAM_ID is required for make build))
 	docker build --platform linux/amd64 -t $(IMAGE) ./
 
 run: build
 	docker run --rm -p $(PORT):8000 $(IMAGE)
 
-push: login build
+push:
 	docker push $(IMAGE)
+
+release: build push
+	@echo "index-service pushed → $(IMAGE)"
diff --git a/search/Makefile b/search/Makefile
index 9a27320..fd3a6af 100644
--- a/search/Makefile
+++ b/search/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-LOGIN ?= 
-PASSWORD ?= 
-TEAM_ID ?= 
+LOGIN ?=
+PASSWORD ?=
+TEAM_ID ?= 35230
 DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL ?= 83.166.249.64:5000
 PORT ?= 8000
-QDRANT_URL ?= 
+QDRANT_URL ?=
 QDRANT_COLLECTION_NAME ?= evaluation
-EMBEDDINGS_DENSE_URL ?= 
+EMBEDDINGS_DENSE_URL ?=
 EMBEDDINGS_DENSE_MODEL ?= Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B
 API_KEY ?= dev-api-key
-RERANKER_URL ?= 
+RERANKER_URL ?=
 QDRANT_DENSE_VECTOR_NAME ?= dense
 QDRANT_SPARSE_VECTOR_NAME ?= sparse
 
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@ REQUIRED_RUN_VARS := QDRANT_URL EMBEDDINGS_DENSE_URL API_KEY RERANKER_URL
 
 IMAGE = $(DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL)/$(TEAM_ID)/search-service:latest
 
-.PHONY: login build run push check-run-env
+.PHONY: login build run push release
 
 login:
-	@: $(if $(LOGIN),,$(error LOGIN is required for make login))
-	@: $(if $(PASSWORD),,$(error PASSWORD is required for make login))
+	@: $(if $(LOGIN),,$(error LOGIN is required))
+	@: $(if $(PASSWORD),,$(error PASSWORD is required))
 	docker login $(DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL) -u $(LOGIN) -p $(PASSWORD)
 
 build:
-	@: $(if $(TEAM_ID),,$(error TEAM_ID is required for make build))
 	docker build --platform linux/amd64 -t $(IMAGE) ./
 
 run: build
@@ -41,5 +40,8 @@ run: build
 		-e QDRANT_SPARSE_VECTOR_NAME=$(QDRANT_SPARSE_VECTOR_NAME) \
 		$(IMAGE)
 
-push: login build
+push:
 	docker push $(IMAGE)
+
+release: build push
+	@echo "search-service pushed → $(IMAGE)"
diff --git a/search/retrieval.py b/search/retrieval.py
index c6208d3..6451d42 100644
--- a/search/retrieval.py
+++ b/search/retrieval.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Any
 
 from qdrant_client import AsyncQdrantClient, models
@@ -15,13 +14,6 @@ from config import (
 from schemas import Question, SparseVector
 
 
-def _iso_to_unix(s: str) -> float:
-    try:
-        return datetime.fromisoformat(s.replace("Z", "+00:00")).timestamp()
-    except (ValueError, AttributeError):
-        return 0.0
-
-
 def _build_filter(question: Question) -> models.Filter | None:
     must_conditions: list[models.Condition] = []
 
@@ -29,9 +21,9 @@ def _build_filter(question: Question) -> models.Filter | None:
         must_conditions.append(
             models.FieldCondition(
                 key="metadata.start",
-                range=models.Range(
-                    gte=_iso_to_unix(question.date_range.from_),
-                    lte=_iso_to_unix(question.date_range.to),
+                datetime_range=models.DatetimeRange(
+                    gte=question.date_range.from_,
+                    lte=question.date_range.to,
                 ),
             )
         )