diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 04bd40b89eee15cca52570ff1c4175f777a13a19..90bee7568b8d2f7c111a10d13aeefd3219661961 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ synth-check-programming-files:
 trigger-opc-ua-test:
     stage: hardware
     only:
-#        changes:
-#            - applications/lofar2/images/lofar2_unb2b_sdp_station_full.tar.gz
-        - merge_requests
+        changes:
+            - applications/lofar2/images/lofar2_unb2b_sdp_station_full.tar.gz
+#        - merge_requests
 
     trigger:
         project: LOFAR2.0/sdptr