diff --git a/.deploy.gitlab-ci.yml b/.deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
index c44c0c987e197c883b535998de6e9bfdc44f6ba4..d0a6cc517f40beac43c9582243bfba303dffc8b0 100644
--- a/.deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.deploy.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@ deploy_CDB:
           HOSTNAME="${STATION}c.control.lofar"
       fi
 
-      nomad job dispatch -address="http://${HOSTNAME}:4646" dsconfig -meta cdb_json_url="${CDB_JSON_URL}"
+      nomad job dispatch -address="http://${HOSTNAME}:4646" \
+        -id-prefix-template gitlab-deploy-cdb \
+        -meta cdb_json_url="${CDB_JSON_URL}" \
+        dsconfig