diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b92625b12430ca60bb06596e58f16fc0cbd965af..7861928ec15ed1dab95a27db9cfdeaf5a2e8cfb1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ deploy staging:
     - sh bin/enable_ssh
   script:
     - scp $SCP_PARAMS dist/*.whl $SSH_SERVER:$SERVER_ROOT/software-builds/nqontrol-staging
-  when: manual
+  only:
+    - develop
 
 deploy production:
   image: lasnq/nqontrol