diff --git a/ethcore/res/ethereum/kovan.json b/ethcore/res/ethereum/kovan.json
index a2332c646..fc12ba608 100644
--- a/ethcore/res/ethereum/kovan.json
+++ b/ethcore/res/ethereum/kovan.json
@@ -5015,8 +5015,8 @@
 	"nodes": [
 		"enode://56abaf065581a5985b8c5f4f88bd202526482761ba10be9bfdcd14846dd01f652ec33fde0f8c0fd1db19b59a4c04465681fcef50e11380ca88d25996191c52de@40.71.221.215:30303",
 		"enode://d07827483dc47b368eaf88454fb04b41b7452cf454e194e2bd4c14f98a3278fed5d819dbecd0d010407fc7688d941ee1e58d4f9c6354d3da3be92f55c17d7ce3@52.166.117.77:30303",
-		"enode://8fa162563a8e5a05eef3e1cd5abc5828c71344f7277bb788a395cce4a0e30baf2b34b92fe0b2dbbba2313ee40236bae2aab3c9811941b9f5a7e8e90aaa27ecba@52.165.239.18:30303",
-		"enode://7e2e7f00784f516939f94e22bdc6cf96153603ca2b5df1c7cc0f90a38e7a2f218ffb1c05b156835e8b49086d11fdd1b3e2965be16baa55204167aa9bf536a4d9@52.243.47.56:30303",
-		"enode://0518a3d35d4a7b3e8c433e7ffd2355d84a1304ceb5ef349787b556197f0c87fad09daed760635b97d52179d645d3e6d16a37d2cc0a9945c2ddf585684beb39ac@40.68.248.100:30303"
+		"enode://38e6e7fd416293ed120d567a2675fe078c0205ab0671abf16982ce969823bd1f3443d590c18b321dfae7dcbe1f6ba98ef8702f255c3c9822a188abb82c53adca@51.77.66.187:30303",
+		"enode://6f289111f7c77c68651b0f4803c3a47bcec801f9c618bb41231a1a24a6dbb9c76f2fdb63ba7a21357c41ebb7f6922c17397c1b5c8f71f7d3ef7965505d4945de@144.217.72.209:30303",
+		"enode://b6340eb94c3db1362ee517801389fe21cce6354275376b1006f8ce84f8a5cfa2b836268b3727be9db7cd3e581f356f39da39418c4ec1d63d959abc235d99cd86@145.239.7.213:30303"
 	]
 }
diff --git a/scripts/gitlab/publish-snap.sh b/scripts/gitlab/publish-snap.sh
index 19cbfa2e6..36d5c5d16 100755
--- a/scripts/gitlab/publish-snap.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitlab/publish-snap.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set -u # treat unset variables as error
 TRACK=`awk -F '=' '/^track/ {gsub(/"/, "", $2); gsub(/ /, "", $2); print $2}' ./util/version/Cargo.toml`
 echo Track is: $TRACK
 
+# Choose snap release channel based on parity ethereum version track
 case ${TRACK} in
   nightly) export GRADE="devel" CHANNEL="edge";;
   beta) export GRADE="stable" CHANNEL="beta";;
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ case ${TRACK} in
   *) echo "No release" && exit 0;;
 esac
 
+# Release untagged versions from branches to the candidate snap channel
+case ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME} in
+  beta|stable) export GRADE="stable" CHANNEL="candidate";;
+esac
+
 VERSION="v"$VERSION
 SNAP_PACKAGE="parity_"$VERSION"_"$BUILD_ARCH".snap"
 
@@ -49,8 +55,5 @@ echo "Release channel :" $CHANNEL " Branch/tag: " $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 echo $SNAPCRAFT_LOGIN_PARITY_BASE64 | base64 --decode > snapcraft.login
 snapcraft login --with snapcraft.login
 snapcraft push --release $CHANNEL $SNAP_PACKAGE
-case ${CHANNEL} in
-  beta) snapcraft push --release candidate $SNAP_PACKAGE;;
-esac
 snapcraft status parity
 snapcraft logout
diff --git a/scripts/snap/snapcraft.template.yaml b/scripts/snap/snapcraft.template.yaml
index d170241db..b5f370bac 100644
--- a/scripts/snap/snapcraft.template.yaml
+++ b/scripts/snap/snapcraft.template.yaml
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ description:        |
 apps:
   parity:
     command:        parity
-    plugs:          [home, network, network-bind, mount-observe, x11, unity7, desktop, desktop-legacy, wayland]
+    plugs:          [home, network, network-bind, mount-observe, removable-media, x11, unity7, desktop, desktop-legacy, wayland]
     desktop:        ./usr/share/applications/parity.desktop
   parity-evm:
     command:        parity-evm
-    plugs:          [home, network, network-bind]
+    plugs:          [home, network, network-bind, removable-media]
   ethkey:
     command:        ethkey
-    plugs:          [home]
+    plugs:          [home, removable-media]
   ethstore:
     command:        ethstore
-    plugs:          [home]
+    plugs:          [home, removable-media]
   whisper:
     command:        whisper
-    plugs:          [home, network-bind]
+    plugs:          [home, network-bind, removable-media]
 
 icon:               ./scripts/snap/icon.png