diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b80294c3400ba0c184eb9e281dededab02161b67..186771d3628c69e8bf71f33a8b52c722818366f3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ deploy:
     script: echo "Deploying"
     image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
     script:
+         
+         - kubectl apply -k $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/kustomization.yaml
 
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-backend/backend-service.yaml
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-backend/backend-deployment.yaml