diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1fdc178203f00a8328fa323f2175ef226f00cb5e..621fb6aa20b0ba5c5693e3367de5eba1529441b5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ production_deploy:
   dependencies:
     - brunch_build
   variables:
-    GIT_STRATEGY: none
     NAMESPACE: tls-tracking
 
   when: manual
   image: alpine/k8s:1.28.2
   script:
   - kubectl config use-context frank/tls-tracking:cumulus-agent
+  - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f "$AWS_ROUTE53_CREDS"
   - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE apply -f kubernetes.yaml
   - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app=tls-tracking
   - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE cp public deploy/tls-tracking-webserver:/var/www/