diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 319b396578e0d2a8e90f5635c6fb890b29e3d314..c12e0a2da639da538dcc6bd08d0c8535b2cbacfc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ deploy backend:
     image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
     script:
 
+         - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-backend/backend-configmap.yaml
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-backend/backend-deployment.yaml
          - kubectl -n default rollout restart deployment backend