diff --git a/hack/install-gitlab.sh b/hack/install-gitlab.sh
index 5f68705046..c99085f5fd 100755
--- a/hack/install-gitlab.sh
+++ b/hack/install-gitlab.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ spec:
             gitlab_rails['gitlab_shell_ssh_port'] = 30022
             gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_enabled'] = false
             puma['worker_processes'] = 0
-            sidekiq['max_concurrency'] = 1
             prometheus_monitoring['enable'] = false
             gitlab_rails['env'] = {
               'MALLOC_CONF' => 'dirty_decay_ms:1000,muzzy_decay_ms:1000'
diff --git a/pkg/pipelines/tekton/gitlab_test.go b/pkg/pipelines/tekton/gitlab_test.go
index 2a4e14eb62..45756a8c1e 100644
--- a/pkg/pipelines/tekton/gitlab_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pipelines/tekton/gitlab_test.go
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGitlab(t *testing.T) {
-	// this test is unreliable and fails majority of the time with unrelated problem
-	// skip this for now until the issue is fixed
-	// https://github.com/knative/func/issues/2185
-	t.Skip()
 	var err error
 	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -238,7 +234,8 @@ func setupGitlabEnv(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, baseURL, username, passwo
 	}
 	_, _, err = glabCli.Settings.UpdateSettings(newSettings)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
+		// just log the error, it appears that despite the error the setting is updated
+		t.Log(err)
 	}
 	// For some reason the setting update does not kick in immediately.
 
diff --git a/pkg/pipelines/tekton/pac/client.go b/pkg/pipelines/tekton/pac/client.go
index 863cb14ad3..64687d8c17 100644
--- a/pkg/pipelines/tekton/pac/client.go
+++ b/pkg/pipelines/tekton/pac/client.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 // NewTektonPacClientAndResolvedNamespace returns PipelinesascodeV1alpha1Client,namespace,error
 func NewTektonPacClientAndResolvedNamespace(namespace string) (*pacv1alpha1.PipelinesascodeV1alpha1Client, string, error) {
 	var err error
-	if namespace != "" {
+	if namespace == "" {
 		namespace, err = k8s.GetDefaultNamespace()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, "", err
diff --git a/pkg/pipelines/tekton/templates.go b/pkg/pipelines/tekton/templates.go
index ee6ff7f8b2..71f193fbf2 100644
--- a/pkg/pipelines/tekton/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/pipelines/tekton/templates.go
@@ -204,12 +204,17 @@ func createPipelineRunTemplatePAC(f fn.Function, labels map[string]string) error
 		s2iImageScriptsUrl = quarkusS2iImageScriptsUrl
 	}
 
+	image := f.Deploy.Image
+	if image == "" {
+		image = f.Image
+	}
+
 	data := templateData{
 		FunctionName:  f.Name,
 		Annotations:   f.Deploy.Annotations,
 		Labels:        labels,
 		ContextDir:    contextDir,
-		FunctionImage: f.Deploy.Image,
+		FunctionImage: image,
 		Registry:      f.Registry,
 		BuilderImage:  getBuilderImage(f),
 		BuildEnvs:     buildEnvs,
@@ -230,8 +235,8 @@ func createPipelineRunTemplatePAC(f fn.Function, labels map[string]string) error
 
 		S2iImageScriptsUrl: s2iImageScriptsUrl,
 
-		RepoUrl:  "{{ repo_url }}",
-		Revision: "{{ revision }}",
+		RepoUrl:  "\"{{ repo_url }}\"",
+		Revision: "\"{{ revision }}\"",
 	}
 
 	var template string