diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3e6fbeb9d82091b221ab536031b0589dc47ad12a..f3acc1faabc58183406e779a9b70da4e8a1e4a08 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ deploy prod develop:
   needs:
     - job: build
   rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"
     - when: manual
       allow_failure: true
 
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ python package:
     - when: manual
       allow_failure: true
 
+
 pypi package:
   stage: release
   variables:
diff --git a/ops/kubernetes/deployments/prod-develop-values.yaml b/ops/kubernetes/deployments/prod-develop-values.yaml
index 8ab6dca5b626d6b1e3ab788e750a823404f7c636..0a16fdf02786d36bb7cc555076d782a179f9929c 100644
--- a/ops/kubernetes/deployments/prod-develop-values.yaml
+++ b/ops/kubernetes/deployments/prod-develop-values.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version:
   officialUrl: "https://nomad-lab.eu/prod/v1/gui"
 
 image:
-  tag: "latest"
+  tag: "develop"
   pullPolicy: "Always"
 
 proxy:
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ gui:
   aitoolkitEnabled: false
 
 app:
-  replicas: 1
-  worker: 2
+  replicas: 2
+  worker: 4
+  threads: 4
   nomadNodeType: "public"
 
 worker:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: 2
   routing: "queue"
   processes: 12
   nomadNodeType: "prod-worker"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ mongo:
 logstash:
   host: logstash.elk.svc.cluster.local
 
-dbname: nomad_develop_v1
+dbname: nomad_prod_v1
 
 uploadurl: "https://nomad-lab.eu/prod/v1/develop/api/uploads"
 
@@ -60,10 +61,10 @@ keycloak:
 
 volumes:
   prefixSize: 1
-  public: /nomad/fairdi/develop/fs/public
-  staging: /nomad/fairdi/develop/fs/staging
-  north_home: /nomad/fairdi/develop/fs/north/users
-  tmp: /nomad/fairdi/develop/fs/tmp
+  public: /nomad/fairdi/prod/fs/public
+  staging: /nomad/fairdi/prod/fs/staging
+  north_home: /nomad/fairdi/prod/fs/north/users
+  tmp: /nomad/fairdi/prod/fs/tmp
   nomad: /nomad
   archiveVersionSuffix: v1
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ mail:
 
 datacite:
   secret: "nomad-datacite"
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
 
 north:
   enabled: true
@@ -98,4 +99,3 @@ jupyterhub:
         userdata_url: https://nomad-lab.eu/fairdi/keycloak/auth/realms/fairdi_nomad_prod/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo
   singleuser:
     podNameTemplate: "nomad-develop-v1-north-{username}--{servername}"
-
diff --git a/ops/kubernetes/deployments/prod-staging-values.yaml b/ops/kubernetes/deployments/prod-staging-values.yaml
index cf2dd434cbb68e3c50dd1a6748d710ad234af727..6675340bcf12abae3787b473cf985ce9331d16b1 100644
--- a/ops/kubernetes/deployments/prod-staging-values.yaml
+++ b/ops/kubernetes/deployments/prod-staging-values.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ app:
   replicas: 4
   worker: 4
   threads: 4
-  workerClass: "gthread"
   nomadNodeType: "public"
 
 worker:
@@ -100,5 +99,3 @@ jupyterhub:
         userdata_url: https://nomad-lab.eu/fairdi/keycloak/auth/realms/fairdi_nomad_prod/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo
   singleuser:
     podNameTemplate: "nomad-staging-v1-north-{username}--{servername}"
-
-