diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 016ac8792d86f91a0074851f11c7d76c38690171..763b47e38f7cce32497a52acb72b7d2ef6036165 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ deploy_kubernetes:
     - mkdir -p /etc/deploy
     # kube_config is a CI/CD variable set in GitLab GUI
     - echo ${kube_config} | base64 -d > /etc/deploy/config
+    - export KUBECONFIG=/etc/deploy/config
     # - kubectl config use-context homekube
     - helm init --client-only
     - helm repo add stable https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com/
@@ -214,6 +215,6 @@ deploy_kubernetes:
     - export DEPLOYS=$(helm ls | grep $RELEASE_NAME | wc -l)
     - export EXTERNAL_PATH="/nomad/kubetest/v${API_VERSION}
     - if [ ${DEPLOYS}  -eq 0 ]; then helm install --name=${RELEASE_NAME} . --namespace=${STAGING_NAMESPACE} --set proxy.external.path=${EXTERNAL_PATH}; else helm upgrade ${RELEASE_NAME} . --namespace=${STAGING_NAMESPACE}; fi
-  except:
-    - /^dev-.*$/
+  # except:
+  #   - /^dev-.*$/
   when: manual