diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6e046aada2c1a80d51dc7e9f114efb3ba103f413..e6d016117ac127f4429ad25e849e4a60236840ab 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ deploy-dev:
     - spraaksamlingene_01
   stage: deploy
   rules:
+  - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
+    when: always
   - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != 'merge_request_event'
     when: manual
   script: