diff --git a/.env b/.env
index f07b0f577b..d31f5a9f62 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ### the COMPOSE_FILE variable each separated with ':'. If you are on windows, replace all ':' with ';'.
 ### Reference to Docker's official Docs: https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/envvars/#compose_file#compose_file
 
-INTELOWL_TAG_VERSION=v1.5.0
+INTELOWL_TAG_VERSION=v1.5.1
 
 ###### Default (Production) ######
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c035b33034..41112ad6bd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE intel_owl.settings
 ENV PYTHONPATH /opt/deploy/intel_owl
 ENV LOG_PATH /var/log/intel_owl
 ENV ELASTICSEARCH_DSL_VERSION 7.1.4
+ENV watch_logs_cmd "watch -n1 tail -n10 /var/log/intel_owl/django/api_app.log"
 
 RUN mkdir -p ${LOG_PATH} \
     ${LOG_PATH}/django ${LOG_PATH}/uwsgi \
diff --git a/Dockerfile_nginx b/Dockerfile_nginx
index 4f00533985..57bf0ebc40 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_nginx
+++ b/Dockerfile_nginx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Stage 1: Get build artifacts from intelowl-ng
-FROM intelowlproject/intelowl_ng:v1.5.0 AS angular-prod-build
+FROM intelowlproject/intelowl_ng:v1.5.1 AS angular-prod-build
 
 # Stage 2: Inject the build artifacts into nginx container
 FROM library/nginx:1.16.1-alpine
diff --git a/api_app/api.py b/api_app/api.py
index 51c7629d23..dcb19ae98a 100644
--- a/api_app/api.py
+++ b/api_app/api.py
@@ -211,14 +211,6 @@ def send_analysis_request(request):
                         {"error": "813"}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
                     )
 
-            runtime_conf = data_received.get("runtime_configuration", None)
-            if runtime_conf:
-                if not isinstance(runtime_conf, dict):
-                    return Response(
-                        {"error": "817"}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
-                    )
-                params["runtime_configuration"] = runtime_conf
-
             # we need to clean the list of requested analyzers,
             # ... based on configuration data
             analyzers_config = helpers.get_analyzer_config()
@@ -274,7 +266,7 @@ def send_analysis_request(request):
             general.start_analyzers(
                 params["analyzers_to_execute"],
                 analyzers_config,
-                runtime_conf,
+                serialized_data["runtime_configuration"],
                 job_id,
                 md5,
                 is_sample,
diff --git a/api_app/serializers.py b/api_app/serializers.py
index 3100ea811c..e54336a673 100644
--- a/api_app/serializers.py
+++ b/api_app/serializers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import json
+
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework_guardian.serializers import ObjectPermissionsAssignmentMixin
@@ -99,6 +101,14 @@ def get_permissions_map(self, created):
             "view_job": [*grps],
         }
 
+    def validate(self, data):
+        # check and validate runtime_configuration
+        runtime_conf = data.get("runtime_configuration", {})
+        if runtime_conf and isinstance(runtime_conf, list):
+            runtime_conf = json.loads(runtime_conf[0])
+        data["runtime_configuration"] = runtime_conf
+        return data
+
     def create(self, validated_data):
         tags = validated_data.pop("tags_id", None)
         job = Job.objects.create(**validated_data)
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index c7f06e2b68..3c6738536d 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 author = "Matteo Lodi"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.5.0"
+release = "1.5.1"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------