diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f760bdc846425f63a4281cb00e6145ee6f7b6330..6a52929978773e04ae4debabb161adbb84d957cc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ docker-deploy-to-test:
     - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   script:
     ## deploy the docker-compose file and use it to spin up the containers
-    - scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml sdc@dop814.astron.nl:/docker_compose/adex-backend-fastapi/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml
+    - scp -O -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml sdc@dop814.astron.nl:/docker_compose/adex-backend-fastapi/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no sdc@dop814.astron.nl "echo $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD | docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY"
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no sdc@dop814.astron.nl "docker pull "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE""
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no sdc@dop814.astron.nl "docker-compose -p adex-backend -f /docker_compose/adex-backend-fastapi/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml up -d"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ docker-deploy-main-production:
     - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   script:
     ## deploy the docker-compose file and use it to spin up the containers
-    - scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no docker/docker-compose-production-cd.yml sdco@dop821.astron.nl:/opt/dockercompose/adex-backend-fastapi/docker-compose-production-cd.yml
+    - scp -O -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no docker/docker-compose-production-cd.yml sdco@dop821.astron.nl:/opt/dockercompose/adex-backend-fastapi/docker-compose-production-cd.yml
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no sdco@dop821.astron.nl "echo $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD | docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY"
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no sdco@dop821.astron.nl "docker pull "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE""
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no sdco@dop821.astron.nl "docker-compose -p adex-backend -f /opt/dockercompose/adex-backend-fastapi/docker-compose-production-cd.yml up -d"