diff --git a/osc-staging.py b/osc-staging.py
index 086dce8e..6a4f51e9 100644
--- a/osc-staging.py
+++ b/osc-staging.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ def _full_project_name(self, project):
               help='use the old check algorithm')
 @cmdln.option('-v', '--version', action='store_true',
               help='show version of the plugin')
+@cmdln.option('--no-freeze', dest='no_freeze', action='store_true',
+              help='force the select command ignoring the time from the last freeze')
 def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
     """${cmd_name}: Commands to work with staging projects
 
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
         osc staging cleanup_rings
         osc staging freeze PROJECT...
         osc staging list
-        osc staging select [--move [--from PROJECT]] LETTER REQUEST...
+        osc staging select [--no-freeze] [--move [--from PROJECT]] LETTER REQUEST...
         osc staging unselect REQUEST...
     """
     if opts.version:
@@ -159,7 +161,8 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
             if opts.add:
                 api.mark_additional_packages(tprj, [opts.add])
             else:
-                SelectCommand(api).perform(tprj, args[2:], opts.move, opts.from_)
+                SelectCommand(api).perform(tprj, args[2:], opts.move,
+                                           opts.from_, opts.no_freeze)
         elif cmd == 'cleanup_rings':
             CleanupRings(api).perform()
         elif cmd == 'list':
diff --git a/osclib/conf.py b/osclib/conf.py
index d7021391..e99f8146 100644
--- a/osclib/conf.py
+++ b/osclib/conf.py
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ DEFAULT = {
         'lock': 'openSUSE:%(project)s:Staging',
         'lock-ns': 'openSUSE',
     },
-    r'SUSE:(?P<project>[-\w\d]+)': {
+    r'SUSE:(?P<project>.*$)': {
         'staging': 'SUSE:%(project)s:Staging',
-        'staging-group': '%(project.lower)s-staging',
+        'staging-group': 'sle-staging-managers',  # '%(project.lower)s-staging',
         'rings': None,
         'nonfree': None,
         'rebuild': None,
diff --git a/osclib/list_command.py b/osclib/list_command.py
index b384d8e4..5164d273 100644
--- a/osclib/list_command.py
+++ b/osclib/list_command.py
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ class ListCommand:
             # Where are we targeting the package
             target_package = action.find('target').get('package')
 
-            ring = self.api.ring_packages.get(target_package)
-            # This condition is quite moot as we dispatched stuff above anyway
+            # If the system have rings, we ask for the ring of the
+            # package
+            if self.api.crings:
+                ring = self.api.ring_packages.get(target_package)
+            else:
+                ring = self.api.project
+
+            # This condition is quite moot as we dispatched stuff
+            # above anyway
             if ring:
                 print('Request({}): {} -> {}'.format(request_id, target_package, ring))
diff --git a/osclib/select_command.py b/osclib/select_command.py
index 779bc54e..b04fb705 100644
--- a/osclib/select_command.py
+++ b/osclib/select_command.py
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ class SelectCommand(object):
         else:
             raise oscerr.WrongArgs('Arguments for select are not correct.')
 
-    def perform(self, target_project, requests, move=False, from_=None):
+    def perform(self, target_project, requests, move=False,
+                from_=None, no_freeze=False):
         """
         Select package and move it accordingly by arguments
         :param target_project: project we want to target
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ class SelectCommand(object):
         """
 
         # If the project is not frozen enough yet freeze it
-        if not self.api.prj_frozen_enough(target_project):
+        if not (no_freeze or self.api.prj_frozen_enough(target_project)):
             print('Freeze the prj first')
             return False
             # FreezeCommand(self.api).perform(target_project)
diff --git a/osclib/stagingapi.py b/osclib/stagingapi.py
index 19d08c7d..7eb138c9 100644
--- a/osclib/stagingapi.py
+++ b/osclib/stagingapi.py
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         requests = self.get_open_requests()
         # check if we can reduce it down by accepting some
         for rq in requests:
-            self.accept_non_ring_request(rq)
+            if self.crings:
+                self.accept_non_ring_request(rq)
             self.update_superseded_request(rq)
 
     def get_prj_pseudometa(self, project):
@@ -734,7 +735,7 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         # The force_enable_build will avoid the
         # map_ring_package_to_subproject
         if not force_enable_build:
-            if not self.ring_packages.get(tar_pkg):
+            if self.crings and not self.ring_packages.get(tar_pkg):
                 disable_build = True
             else:
                 project = self.map_ring_package_to_subject(project, tar_pkg)
@@ -910,7 +911,7 @@ class StagingAPI(object):
         for request in meta['requests']:
             staged_requests.append(request['id'])
         target_flag = 'disable'
-        if self.check_ring_packages(target_project, staged_requests):
+        if not self.crings or self.check_ring_packages(target_project, staged_requests):
             target_flag = 'enable'
         self.build_switch_prj(target_project, target_flag)