diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 38b0aa67..555f603d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -196,46 +196,46 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }} 
 
-  deploy-development:
-    name: Deploy to development VM
-    environment:
-      name: development
-    needs: build-and-push-docker-images
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: copy ssh key
-        env:
-          SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_KEY }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.ssh/
-          echo "$SSH_KEY" > ~/.ssh/key
-          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/key
-
-      - name: deploy
-        env:
-          SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_USER }}
-          SSH_HOST: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_HOST_DEV }}
-        run: ssh $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/key /home/$SSH_USER/operandi/start-operandi-docker.sh
-
-  deploy-production:
-    name: Deploy to live VM
-    environment:
-      name: production
-    needs: build-and-push-docker-images
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: copy ssh key
-        env:
-          SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_KEY }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.ssh/
-          echo "$SSH_KEY" > ~/.ssh/key
-          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/key
-
-      - name: deploy
-        env:
-          SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_USER }}
-          SSH_HOST: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_HOST_PROD }}
-        run: ssh $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/key /home/$SSH_USER/start-operandi-docker.sh
+#  deploy-development:
+#    name: Deploy to development VM
+#    environment:
+#      name: development
+#    needs: build-and-push-docker-images
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#
+#    steps:
+#      - name: copy ssh key
+#        env:
+#          SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_KEY }}
+#        run: |
+#          mkdir -p ~/.ssh/
+#          echo "$SSH_KEY" > ~/.ssh/key
+#          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/key
+#
+#      - name: deploy
+#        env:
+#          SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_USER }}
+#          SSH_HOST: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_HOST_DEV }}
+#        run: ssh $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/key /home/$SSH_USER/operandi/start-operandi-docker.sh
+
+#  deploy-production:
+#    name: Deploy to live VM
+#    environment:
+#      name: production
+#    needs: build-and-push-docker-images
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#
+#    steps:
+#      - name: copy ssh key
+#        env:
+#          SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_KEY }}
+#        run: |
+#          mkdir -p ~/.ssh/
+#          echo "$SSH_KEY" > ~/.ssh/key
+#          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/key
+#
+#      - name: deploy
+#        env:
+#          SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_USER }}
+#          SSH_HOST: ${{ secrets.OPERANDI_SSH_HOST_PROD }}
+#        run: ssh $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/key /home/$SSH_USER/start-operandi-docker.sh