diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bdcaa78e4bae9ad09e82ad736b70c53965d318fe..e0a970ba0af7e806cc199536f76c6a5ba7abc616 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,24 +23,25 @@ build-frontend:
 deploy-dev:
   stage: deploy
   script:
-    # Install kubectl and Helm
-    - curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.28.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
-    - chmod +x ./kubectl
-    - mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-    - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
-    # Set up kubeconfig 
-    - mkdir -p ~/.kube
-    - echo $KUBE_CONFIG | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
-    - chmod 600 ~/.kube/config
+    # Install kubectl and Helm if not already installed on your runner
+    - which kubectl || curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.28.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+    - which kubectl || chmod +x ./kubectl 
+    - which kubectl || mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+    - which helm || curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
     
-    # Extract auth token if available
-    # - export TOKEN=$(kubectl config view --minify -o jsonpath='{.users[0].user.token}')
-    # Try token-based auth if available
-    # - if [ ! -z "$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
-    - 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
+    # Now you can directly use kubectl/helm with your local cluster
+    - helm upgrade --install my-release task-app/ --namespace task-app --create-namespace
+    # Install kubectl and Helm
+    # - curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.28.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+    # - chmod +x ./kubectl
+    # - mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+    # - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
+    # # Set up kubeconfig 
+    # - mkdir -p ~/.kube
+    # - echo $KUBE_CONFIG | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
+    # - chmod 600 ~/.kube/config
+    # # Deploy
+    # - 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
   only: