diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 55d987ba2e107cca42981b907da719739f278f61..14f5c66142e362730ce988714c5b390ab457d413 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ docker-deploy-release:
     - ssh-keyscan dop821.astron.nl >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
     - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   script:
+    - 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 atdb -f /opt/dockercompose/atdb-ldv-compose/docker-compose-production-cd.yml up -d"
   when: manual