diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d2b70cf380e60611d422e5fde2e37c3efd9ffcfa..3899b9a149dc21238b1d87cdfac527db7a0325eb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ deploy-dev:
     - spraaksamlingene_01
   stage: deploy
   rules:
-  - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+  - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH 
+    when: always
+  - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == merge_request_event
     when: always
     when: manual
   script: