diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 86128d80cc1ab5b133c0a29bd72184b71fda289c..8ecdf15fe57d4359f19b9c351d14842184ff4105 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ deploy-dev:
     - mkdir -p ~/.kube
     - echo $KUBE_CONFIG | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
     - chmod 600 ~/.kube/config
+
+    - kubectl apply -f task-app/ --server=https://8.tcp.ngrok.io:12167 --insecure-skip-tls-verify
     # Extract auth token if available
-    - export TOKEN=$(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
+    # - 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
   environment:
     name: development
   only: