diff --git a/src/backend/BSConSign.pm b/src/backend/BSConSign.pm
index cb3b7eeac11..edf447317cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/BSConSign.pm
+++ b/src/backend/BSConSign.pm
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ use Digest::SHA ();
 use MIME::Base64 ();
 use IO::Compress::RawDeflate;
 
+our $mt_cosign = 'application/vnd.dev.cosign.simplesigning.v1+json';
+
 sub canonical_json {
   return JSON::XS->new->utf8->canonical->encode($_[0]);
 }
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ sub sig2openshift {
 }
 
 sub createcosign {
-  my ($signfunc, $digest, $reference, $creator, $timestamp) = @_;
+  my ($signfunc, $digest, $reference, $creator, $timestamp, $annotations) = @_;
   my $payload = createpayload('cosign container image signature', $digest, $reference, $creator, $timestamp);
   my $payload_digest = 'sha256:'.Digest::SHA::sha256_hex($payload);
   # signfunc must return the openssl rsa signature
@@ -98,12 +100,12 @@ sub createcosign {
   };
   my $config_json = canonical_json($config);
   my $payload_layer = {
-    'annotations' => { 'dev.cosignproject.cosign/signature' => $sig },
+    'annotations' => { 'dev.cosignproject.cosign/signature' => $sig, %{$annotations || {}} },
     'digest' => $payload_digest,
-    'mediaType' => 'application/vnd.dev.cosign.simplesigning.v1+json',
+    'mediaType' => $mt_cosign,
     'size' => length($payload),
   };
-  return ($config_json, $payload_layer, $payload);
+  return ($config_json, $payload_layer, $payload, $sig);
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/src/backend/BSPublisher/Registry.pm b/src/backend/BSPublisher/Registry.pm
index ea6238726e6..7469b83d516 100644
--- a/src/backend/BSPublisher/Registry.pm
+++ b/src/backend/BSPublisher/Registry.pm
@@ -141,14 +141,14 @@ sub push_blob {
   return $blobid;
 }
 
-sub push_blob_string {
-  my ($repodir, $blobdata) = @_;
-  my $blob_id = 'sha256:'.Digest::SHA::sha256_hex($blobdata);
+sub push_blob_content {
+  my ($repodir, $content) = @_;
+  my $blob_id = 'sha256:'.Digest::SHA::sha256_hex($content);
   my $dir = "$repodir/:blobs";
   return $blob_id if -e "$dir/$blob_id";
   mkdir_p($dir) unless -d $dir;
   unlink("$dir/.$blob_id.$$");
-  writestr("$dir/.$blob_id.$$", "$dir/$blob_id", $blobdata);
+  writestr("$dir/.$blob_id.$$", "$dir/$blob_id", $content);
   return $blob_id;
 }
 
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ sub update_sigs {
 }
 
 sub update_cosign {
-  my ($prp, $repo, $gun, $imagedigests, $pubkey, $signargs, $oci, $knownmanifests, $knownblobs) = @_;
+  my ($prp, $repo, $gun, $digests_to_cosign, $pubkey, $signargs, $knownmanifests, $knownblobs) = @_;
 
   my $creator = 'OBS';
   my ($projid, $repoid) = split('/', $prp, 2);
@@ -443,14 +443,15 @@ sub update_cosign {
   my $signfunc =  sub { BSUtil::xsystem($_[0], @signcmd, '-O', '-h', 'sha256') };
   my $repodir = "$registrydir/$repo";
   my $oldsigs = BSUtil::retrieve("$repodir/:cosign", 1) || {};
-  return if !%$oldsigs && !%$imagedigests;
+  return if !%$oldsigs && !%$digests_to_cosign;
   my $gpgpubkey = BSPGP::unarmor($pubkey);
   my $pubkey_fp = BSPGP::pk2fingerprint($gpgpubkey);
   if (($oldsigs->{'pubkey'} || '') ne $pubkey_fp || ($oldsigs->{'gun'} || '') ne $gun || ($oldsigs->{'creator'} || '') ne ($creator || '')) {
     $oldsigs = {};	# fingerprint/gun/creator mismatch, do not use old signatures
   }
   my $sigs = { 'pubkey' => $pubkey_fp, 'gun' => $gun, 'creator' => $creator, 'digests' => {} };
-  for my $digest (sort keys %$imagedigests) {
+  for my $digest (sort keys %$digests_to_cosign) {
+    my $oci = $digests_to_cosign->{$digest};
     my $old = ($oldsigs->{'digests'} || {})->{$digest};
     if ($old) {
       $sigs->{'digests'}->{$digest} = $old;
@@ -458,12 +459,12 @@ sub update_cosign {
     }
     print "creating cosign signature for $gun $digest\n";
     my ($config, $payload_layer, $payload) = BSConSign::createcosign($signfunc, $digest, $gun, $creator);
-    my $config_blobid = push_blob_string($repodir, $config);
+    my $config_blobid = push_blob_content($repodir, $config);
     $knownblobs->{$config_blobid} = 1;
-    my $payload_blobid = push_blob_string($repodir, $payload);
+    my $payload_blobid = push_blob_content($repodir, $payload);
     $knownblobs->{$payload_blobid} = 1;
     die unless $payload_blobid eq $payload_layer->{'digest'};
-     my $config_data = {
+    my $config_data = {
       'mediaType' => $oci ? $BSContar::mt_oci_config : $BSContar::mt_docker_config,
       'size' => length($config),
       'digest' => $config_blobid,
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ sub push_containers {
   my %knownmanifests;
   my %knowntags;
   my %knownimagedigests;
+  my %digests_to_cosign;
 
   my %info;
 
@@ -627,6 +629,7 @@ sub push_containers {
       my $mani_json = BSContar::create_dist_manifest($mani);
       my $mani_id = push_manifest($repodir, $mani_json);
       $knownmanifests{$mani_id} = 1;
+      $digests_to_cosign{$mani_id} = $oci;
 
       my $multimani = {
 	'mediaType' => $mediaType,
@@ -680,6 +683,7 @@ sub push_containers {
       $mani_size = length($mani_json);
       $knownmanifests{$mani_id} = 1;
       $taginfo->{'distmanifesttype'} = 'list';
+      $digests_to_cosign{$mani_id} = $oci;
     } else {
       $mani_id = $multimanifests[0]->{'digest'};
       $mani_size = $multimanifests[0]->{'size'};
@@ -692,9 +696,9 @@ sub push_containers {
     $info{$tag} = $taginfo;
   }
 
-  # write signatures file
-  if ($gun && %knownimagedigests) {
-    update_cosign($prp, $repo, $gun, \%knownimagedigests, $pubkey, $signargs, 0, \%knownmanifests, \%knownblobs);
+  # write signatures file (need to do this early as it adds manifests/blobs)
+  if ($gun && %digests_to_cosign) {
+    update_cosign($prp, $repo, $gun, \%digests_to_cosign, $pubkey, $signargs, \%knownmanifests, \%knownblobs);
   } elsif (-e "$repodir/:cosign") {
     unlink("$repodir/:cosign");
   }