diff --git a/decision_maker.go b/decision_maker.go
index 2705ca7e..5bdcd4c1 100644
--- a/decision_maker.go
+++ b/decision_maker.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func logDecision(decision string) {
 
 }
 
-// extractChartName extracts the Helm chart name from full chart name.
+// extractChartName extracts the Helm chart name from full chart name in the desired state.
 // example: it extracts "chartY" from "repoX/chartY"
 func extractChartName(releaseChart string) string {
 
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ func checkNamespaceDefined(ns string) bool {
 // returns true if a release is protected, false otherwise
 func isProtected(r release) bool {
 
+	// if the release does not exist in the cluster, it is not protected
+	if !helmReleaseExists("", r.Name, "all") {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	if getCurrentNamespaceProtection(r) {
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/helm_helpers.go b/helm_helpers.go
index 8533856f..b293bf3b 100644
--- a/helm_helpers.go
+++ b/helm_helpers.go
@@ -97,15 +97,19 @@ func getReleaseRevision(releaseName string, state string) string {
 }
 
 // getReleaseChartName extracts and returns the Helm chart name from the chart info retrieved by getReleaseChart().
-// example: getReleaseChart() returns "stable/jenkins-0.9.0" and this functions will extract "stable/jenkins" from it.
+// example: getReleaseChart() returns "jenkins-0.9.0" and this functions will extract "jenkins" from it.
 func getReleaseChartName(releaseName string) string {
-	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.Split(getReleaseChart(releaseName), "-")[0])
+	chart := getReleaseChart(releaseName)
+	runes := []rune(chart)
+	return string(runes[0:strings.LastIndexByte(chart, '-')])
 }
 
 // getReleaseChartVersion extracts and returns the Helm chart version from the chart info retrieved by getReleaseChart().
-// example: getReleaseChart() returns "stable/jenkins-0.9.0" and this functions will extract "0.9.0" from it.
+// example: getReleaseChart() returns "jenkins-0.9.0" and this functions will extract "0.9.0" from it.
 func getReleaseChartVersion(releaseName string) string {
-	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.Split(getReleaseChart(releaseName), "-")[1])
+	chart := getReleaseChart(releaseName)
+	runes := []rune(chart)
+	return string(runes[strings.LastIndexByte(chart, '-')+1 : len(chart)])
 }
 
 // getReleaseStatus returns the output of Helm status command for a release.