diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dd2f89391bca5718314e5b5010864b11e375963b..8e532e4eecd1fc1407097f961772ea77dae89fac 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ deploy-dev:
     - echo $KUBE_CONFIG | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
     - chmod 600 ~/.kube/config
     # # Deploy
+    # Print debug information
+    - echo "Using Kubernetes API server:"" $KUBE_API_SERVER"
     # - helm upgrade --install my-release task-app/ --namespace task-app --create-namespace
-    - helm upgrade --install my-release task-app/ --namespace task-app --create-namespace --kube-apiserver $KUBE_API_SERVER --kube-insecure-skip-tls-verify
+
+    - kubectl config set-cluster minikube --server=$KUBE_API_SERVER --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true
+    
+    # Deploy with Helm (without specifying API server as it's in the kubeconfig now)
+    - helm upgrade --install my-release task-app/ --namespace task-app --create-namespace
+    # - helm upgrade --install my-release task-app/ --namespace task-app --create-namespace --kube-apiserver $KUBE_API_SERVER --kube-insecure-skip-tls-verify
   environment:
     name: development
   only: