diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bd65b6c757a55f3a9e66feaa09c2adce7265e561..fd811d60fa7ceea8ffc402fe99b980786575c066 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ deploy:
 
     when: manual
 
-    script: echo "Deploying"
+#    script: echo "Deploying"
     image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
     script:
          
-         - kubectl apply -k $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/kustomization.yaml
+#         - kubectl apply -k $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/kustomization.yaml
 
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-deployment.yaml
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-persistent-volume.yaml