diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e9fa824f90a62e420edcb02031fb7af64bd060ff..4a28d1240e0333a49e1c95c8de106c0a7624dbe6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -149,12 +149,10 @@ deploy_to_staging:
   - kubectl config use-context ${CHEMBL_NS_STAGING}
   - echo ${CHEMBL_NS_STAGING} ${KUBE_URL_HX} ${KUBE_CLUS_NAME_HX} ${KUBE_USER_HX}
   - kubectl get pods -n ${CHEMBL_NS_STAGING}
-
-
-#  - kubectl create secret generic ${RUN_CONFIG_SECRET_NAME_STAGING} --from-file=RUN_CONFIG.yml=${CONFIG_STAGING_FILE_PATH} -o yaml -n ${CHEMBL_NS_STAGING} --dry-run=client | kubectl replace -f -
-#  - kubectl create secret generic ${GUNICORN_CONFIG_SECRET_NAME_STAGING} --from-file=GUNICORN_CONFIG.py=${CONFIG_GUNICORN_STAGING_FILE_PATH} -o yaml -n ${CHEMBL_NS_STAGING} --dry-run=client | kubectl replace -f -
-#  - cat ${CONFIG_STAGING_FILE_PATH}
-#  - cat ${CONFIG_GUNICORN_STAGING_FILE_PATH}
+  - kubectl create secret generic ${RUN_CONFIG_SECRET_NAME_STAGING} --from-file=RUN_CONFIG.yml=${CONFIG_STAGING_FILE_PATH} -o yaml -n ${CHEMBL_NS_STAGING} --dry-run=client | kubectl apply -f -
+  - kubectl create secret generic ${GUNICORN_CONFIG_SECRET_NAME_STAGING} --from-file=GUNICORN_CONFIG.py=${CONFIG_GUNICORN_STAGING_FILE_PATH} -o yaml -n ${CHEMBL_NS_STAGING} --dry-run=client | kubectl apply -f -
+  - cat ${CONFIG_STAGING_FILE_PATH}
+  - cat ${CONFIG_GUNICORN_STAGING_FILE_PATH}
 #  - sed -i "s~<NAMESPACE>~${CHEMBL_NS_STAGING}~" k8s-deployment.yaml
 #  - sed -i "s~<NUM_REPLICAS>~${NUM_REPLICAS_STAGING}~" k8s-deployment.yaml
 #  - sed -i "s~<HTTP_PROXY>~${HTTP_PROXY_HX}~g" k8s-deployment.yaml