diff --git a/builds/deploy_catalogue_pipeline.sh b/builds/deploy_catalogue_pipeline.sh
index e62fcc8ca6..3471519454 100755
--- a/builds/deploy_catalogue_pipeline.sh
+++ b/builds/deploy_catalogue_pipeline.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ then
 
   echo "Deploying λ pipeline services to catalogue-$PIPELINE_DATE"
   "$ROOT/builds/deploy_lambda_services.sh" \
-    r_embed_batcher:batcher \
-    r_embed_embedder:relation_embedder
+    batcher:r_embed_batcher \
+    relation_embedder:r_embed_embedder
 fi
 
diff --git a/builds/deploy_lambda_services.sh b/builds/deploy_lambda_services.sh
index 130e6f0d47..713f992d2b 100755
--- a/builds/deploy_lambda_services.sh
+++ b/builds/deploy_lambda_services.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ REPOSITORY_URI="760097843905.dkr.ecr.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com"
 
 for FUNCTION_SUFFIX_IMAGE_NAME_PAIR in "$@"
 do
-  FUNCTION_SUFFIX="${FUNCTION_SUFFIX_IMAGE_NAME_PAIR%:*}"
-  IMAGE_NAME="${FUNCTION_SUFFIX_IMAGE_NAME_PAIR#*:}"
+  # See https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Shell-Parameter-Expansion.html
+  # for an explanation of the syntax used here.
+  # %:* removes the shortest matching pattern of "colon followed by any characters"
+  # #*: removes the shortest matching pattern of "any characters followed by a colon"
+  IMAGE_NAME="${FUNCTION_SUFFIX_IMAGE_NAME_PAIR%:*}"
+  FUNCTION_SUFFIX="${FUNCTION_SUFFIX_IMAGE_NAME_PAIR#*:}"
 
   IMAGE_URI="${REPOSITORY_URI}"/uk.ac.wellcome/"${IMAGE_NAME}":"env.${PIPELINE_DATE}"
   FUNCTION_NAME="${PIPELINE_NAMESPACE}"-"${FUNCTION_SUFFIX}"