diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a2b2727a73ae0d1c85248c9c1c170ddeabc2e162..b80e474b03fbaa85aef78151a61672f6cf86f081 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ build-frontend:
 deploy-dev:
   stage: deploy
   script:
+        # Clone submodules
+    - git submodule init
+    - git submodule update
     # Install kubectl and Helm
     - curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.28.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
     - chmod +x ./kubectl
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ deploy-dev:
     # - if [ ! -z "$TOKEN" ]; then kubectl apply -f task-app/ --server=https://8.tcp.ngrok.io:12167 --insecure-skip-tls-verify --token=$TOKEN; else echo "No token found in config"; fi
 
     # - kubectl apply -f task-app/ --server=https://0.tcp.ap.ngrok.io:11295 --insecure-skip-tls-verify
-    - cd task-app
+    # - cd task-app
     - helm upgrade --install my-release task-app/ --namespace task-app --create-namespace --kube-apiserver https://0.tcp.ap.ngrok.io:11295 --kube-insecure-skip-tls-verify
   environment:
     name: development