diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e8bc3c8d2427efd08bae8c4ec0176b6addf642cd..7b58772825ac4bc67800208e47d9de6a1e92253d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -101,14 +101,25 @@ unittests-mysql-5:
 trigger_build:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: deploy
-  script:
-    - /usr/bin/curl -X POST
-      -F token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN
-      -F "variables[F_BRANCH]=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
-      -F "variables[MYSQLBACKEND]=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
-      -F "variables[TriggerdBy]=MYSQLBACKEND"
-      -F "variables[TriggerdByHash]=$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
-      -F ref=$DEPLOY_REF https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/14/trigger/pipeline
+  variables:
+    TRIGGER_TEST: Test-1
+    F_BRANCH: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+    MYSQLBACKEND: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+    TriggerdBy: MYSQLBACKEND
+    TriggerdByHash: $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
+
+  trigger:
+    project: caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy
+    branch: $DEPLOY_REF
+  # script:
+  #   - /usr/bin/curl -X POST
+  #     -F token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN
+  #     -F "variables[TRIGGER_TEST]=Test-1"
+  #     -F "variables[F_BRANCH]=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
+  #     -F "variables[MYSQLBACKEND]=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
+  #     -F "variables[TriggerdBy]=MYSQLBACKEND"
+  #     -F "variables[TriggerdByHash]=$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
+  #     -F ref=$DEPLOY_REF https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/14/trigger/pipeline
 
 
 # Build the sphinx documentation and make it ready for deployment by Gitlab Pages